Archaeologists dig up skeletons of Norse settlers in 2010 at the Norse farm Ø64, Igaliku Fjord, Østerbygden, Greenland. Photo: Jette Arneborg
Posted on 11/21/2012 5:18:33 AM PST by Renfield
Archaeologists dig up skeletons of Norse settlers in 2010 at the Norse farm Ø64, Igaliku Fjord, Østerbygden, Greenland. Photo: Jette Arneborg
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Does PETA know about this?
And what about the global warming Greenland had when Eric the Red discovered the place? Obviously the result of the 11th century SUVs and Caddilacs in that era.
The settlements were not in danger of going hungry but possibly the walrus harvest began to falter and without those walrus tusks and blusik sticks, what was a Scottish or Norwegian warrior/nobleman to do? He certainly wouldn't be giving his silver or gold to the Greenlanders eh!
One problem with a diet high in seal, huskey or polar bear is the toxicity of the liver ~ too much vitamin A can make you sick ~ and entirely too much can kill you. This was supposedly understood by the Inuit (Greenland and Canada's Eskimo are lumped under one tribal name, however proper that is I have no idea) and one can imagine the Sa'ami must have known about it, and the Norse as well ~ after a couple of years of eating seal.
Reindeer, that ever popular subarctic deer also have a high iron content, as do the seals ~ so anemia was probably not a problem for anyone in the North ~ on the other hand, too much iron is a problem for most everybody without some sort of porphyria to get rid of the surplus. Iron deposits in the skin would have been common with this crowd ~ might even have looked rather metalic.
Not to mention perpetually constipated.
Obviously Bush’s fault.
This was quite successful.
I'd imagine the tax collectors made comparable deal with the strays living in Greenland ~ just come on back home, all is forgiven, free farms, free boats!
Wrap those guys in a berserker and you got something else again.
The Norse also had a settlement in the North end of Newfoundland at L’Anse Meadows. If you visit there, you will note that they tell you the sea was higher during that warming period. Again,,must have been the impact of the iron forge they had there spitting out CO2.
(sarc on)Seriously? It was probably actually from eating mercury laden tuna fishes caused by pollution from those coal fired power plants that Atlantis used before sinking in to the ocean somewhere off the Bahamas. Or Portugal. Or someplace. No matter though. I’m taking a stand tomorrow, despite Sir Paul’s suggestion that we eat no turkey, and chowing down. Woo Hoo!
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Helping keep mankind warm for 65 years.
Vikings don't sound nearly as intimidating when you say it that way.
They might have described the problem—a lack of females.
This could happen in one of two ways, either nutritionally, that what they ate tended to result in an imbalance in favor of male offspring; or, just as likely, something was killing off their women.
“In vitro fertilization studies show that high levels of glucose encourage the growth of male embryos while inhibiting female embryos.”
But high levels of blood glucose usually mean diets that are very rich in refined carbohydrates.
Actually, they left quite a few 'traces'. This whole article is about the 'traces' they left there. It could be said, though, that: "The Norse populated Greenland until the beginning of the 15th century, when they disappeared without any clues as to why they disappeared."
“So the farming identity was actually more a mental self-image, held in place by an over-class that maintained power through agriculture and land ownership, than it was a reality for ordinary people that were hardly picky eaters.”
Gad, the libs just have to tweak everything to their marxist views ... ‘over-class’, ‘maintained power’ .... I personally think the combo of lutefisk and 80% seal blubber was too much for them, and they left for America.
Go Berzerkers!
i wonder how you hunt seals with only blade weapons. they are pretty smart and after a while would learn they are being hunted. from boats? or rush them on land?
Having a lot of young women in graves doesn't do much for your fertility either.
You wrote:
“They call them Norse, but no doubt a number of them were Sa’ami...”
No, not a single one of them. They WERE Norse. None of them were Lapps. Not a single one.
Your Lapp obsession makes you see things that are not there. Get help.
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