Its on the island of Newfoundland. According to current theory it was more of an exploration base rather than the Viking settlement. Moreover the climate then was warmer, very similar to what they were used to in Greenland and Iceland.
On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Don't know. There's quite a bit of information here if anyone wants to read > it -- don't have time to do more than skim today myself, tho I'm interested > in an academic way: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinland > > An alternate theory is that there may not have been many Native American > settlements right there - L'Anse aux Meadows is not the most hospitable > place I'd guess, based on geography. And hmm, what people would that be? > Inuit? Wouldn't you need more than a kayak to get there? On the other hand, > the wiki article seems to be saying the Norse were visiting a region a lot > bigger than that. > > It's an interesting question. > > > > On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> I was thinking that Greenland had regular contact with Norway and >> Denmark, not exactly the most isolated of areas. I would have expected >> that mainly after the settlement of the vinland theree would have been >> some outbreak. >> >> On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > no epidemics going on there at the time they left? Also, didn't the >> people >> > who landed in Newfoundland and Quebec come from the Greenland >> settlements? >> > They would have been pretty isolated from disease vectors in Europe (?) >> > Just thinking out loud -- I don't know any more about this than I just >> read. >> > >> > On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com >> >wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> I did a couple of archeological field schools in college. One was at >> >> L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. I sincerely hope that the winters >> >> were mild there (they were not), because those huts were pretty >> >> miserable. While most of the six weeks were just scraping away as the >> >> dirt, I did find a couple of flint arrowheads at about the right depth >> >> for the time period. So at the very least there were locals near the >> >> Vikings campsite roughly around the same time as the Viking Sagas. >> >> >> >> One thing about that massive disease outbreak after Spain started >> >> sending ships to the west, why didn't something similar happen when >> >> the Vikings came over? >> >> >> >> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:45 PM, Eric Roberts >> >> <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > You should go to Chillicothe Maureen... You can still hear the voices >> >> > echoing... >> >> > >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> >> > From: Maureen [mailto:mamamaur...@gmail.com] >> >> > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 7:32 PM >> >> > To: cf-community >> >> > Subject: Re: 6 Ridiculous Lies You Believe About the Founding of >> America >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Eric Roberts >> >> > <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >> >> >> Chillicothe, OH. Other mounds in their culture include the mounds >> >> >> just east of St. Louis, MO in Cahokia, IL. >> >> > >> >> > I visited the Cahokia mounds about 15 years ago. Beautiful spot, but >> >> > spiritually dead. When those folks left they took everything with >> them, >> >> > even their power. >> >> > >> >> > The Rock Eagle Mound in east Georgia, however, is still so powerful >> that >> >> the >> >> > air around it sings. It would have been magical to attend one of the >> >> > ceremonies there >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351501 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
