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A Viking settlement in North America has been pinpointed to specific year
Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:29 pm
There has been carbon dating done that found a cosmic ray event, probably caused by solar flares, happened in 993. So researchers looked at 3 trees Vikings cut down at at L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, counted the tree rings from the time of the cosmic ray event, which produced a spike in carbon-14, to get a date of 1021 when the trees were cut.
So the Vikings were in North America in 1021 at a settlement with probably about 100 people that lasted for 3-13 years.
Their church may have looked like this:
NBC news
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“This is the first time the date has been scientifically established,” said archaeologist Margot Kuitems, a researcher at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and the study’s lead author.
“Previously the date was based only on sagas — oral histories that were only written down in the 13th century, at least 200 years after the events they described took place,” she said.
So the Vikings were in North America in 1021 at a settlement with probably about 100 people that lasted for 3-13 years.
Their church may have looked like this:
NBC news
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Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:30 pm to Diseasefreeforall
So the white man was oppressing brown people even earlier than expected!!!
Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:30 pm to Diseasefreeforall
Honestly it’s sad that American universities/schools gloss over the fact that the Vikings were here that much earlier than a Columbus.
Also so odd how they discovered a whole new continent and that fact never reached any other civilization in Europe? I guess it was still the dark age.
Also so odd how they discovered a whole new continent and that fact never reached any other civilization in Europe? I guess it was still the dark age.
This post was edited on 10/20/21 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:32 pm to Diseasefreeforall
Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:32 pm to GeauxHouston
i wonder how viciously they pursued the natives
Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:33 pm to GeauxHouston
quote:it seems like all the conventional knowledge re: crossing the atlantic and pacific to reach the new world is wrong
Honestly it’s sad that American universities/schools gloss over the fact that the Vikings were here that much earlier than a Columbus.
there was a good JRE about it with one of the weinsteins
Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:33 pm to GeauxHouston
Vikings were clearly wypipo. Columbus eeeh....not so clear.
Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:33 pm to Centinel
quote:
So the white man was oppressing brown people even earlier than expected!!!
I have a lot of Danish ancestry. Should I have been celebrating on Indigenous People's Day?
Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:33 pm to Diseasefreeforall
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a date of 1021 when the trees were cut.
So a thousand years ago.
The fact that we're reflecting on what happened 1000 years ago has me wondering what it'll be like in 3021, 1000 years later and what they'll say about us and what will be discussed.
That is if we're not all ruled by Chinese Communist overlords.
Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:34 pm to GeauxHouston
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Honestly it’s sad that American universities/schools gloss over the fact that the Vikings were here that much earlier than a Columbus.
One is an interesting factoid. Once had significant global/historical consequences. I think any good history presentation will treat them accordingly. What more do you think should be addressed?
Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:34 pm to nolaks
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wonder how viciously they pursued the natives
I wish there was written text on any battles they had. Pretty interesting stuff that would be
Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:34 pm to GeauxHouston
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Honestly it’s sad that American universities/schools gloss over the fact that the Vikings were here that much earlier than a Columbus.
It is hardly mentioned. The only defense for it is that when Columbus came back it changed history. Every western European country wanted to get in on the action. The Norse exploration didn't bring waves of people to the new world.
Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:35 pm to GeauxHouston
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Honestly it’s sad that American universities/schools gloss over the fact that the Vikings were here that much earlier than a Columbus.
It makes sense. Greenland is a lot closer to North America than Spain. It's still 2,200 nautical miles though so it was quite a haul in a longship.
Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:35 pm to Diseasefreeforall
So Vikings basically brought diversity to this land?
Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:36 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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What more do you think should be addressed?
I was always taught that Columbus was first. Not until later was it that I learned of the Vikings historical feat. I just think us as humans are obsessed with being the “first” at things, and I believe the Vikings deserve some damn credit.
Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:36 pm to Diseasefreeforall
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Their church may have looked like this:
Should have stuck with the old gods
This post was edited on 10/20/21 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:36 pm to GeauxHouston
quote:
Honestly it’s sad that American universities/schools gloss over the fact that the Vikings were here that much earlier than a Columbus.
Eh. Columbus just had such far more impact on history, its pretty easy to see why him and other Europeans have been focused on more.
The Vikings seemed to have just established small settlements for a very short period and not much else.
Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:37 pm to GeauxHouston
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Also so odd how they discovered a whole new continent and that fact never reached any other civilization in Europe? I guess it was still the dark age.
Did they even know that they discovered a whole new "continent"?
They were probably just like "Oh yeah, there's some land over here, too" without any idea of how far it went or how it fit into the greater picture.
Posted on 10/20/21 at 1:38 pm to Diseasefreeforall
quote:They didn't try to eat the whole cow in one bite brah:
It's still 2,200 nautical miles though so it was quite a haul in a longship.
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