Posted on 07/28/2019 1:19:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Located in northern Newfoundland, the site of L'Anse aux Meadows was founded by Vikings around A.D. 1000. Until now, archaeologists believed that the site was occupied for only a brief period...
In August 2018, an archaeological team excavated a peat bog located nearly 100 feet (30 meters) east of the Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows. They found a layer of "ecofacts" -- environmental remains that may have been brought to the site by humans -- that were radiocarbon dated to the 12th or 13th century.
These ecofacts include remains of two beetles not native to Newfoundland -- Simplocaria metallica, from Greenland, and Acidota quadrata, from the Arctic. The layer also held pollen from Juglans (walnuts) and from Humulus (cannabis), two species that don't naturally grow at L'Anse aux Meadows; rather, the Vikings could have picked up all of these plant and animal species when they sailed south.
They also found the remains of dung from grazing caribou, as well as remains of wood and charcoal. The layer from the peat bog is similar to other "cultural layers from across the Norse North Atlantic," the archaeological team wrote in the journal article.
Additionally, the archaeologists performed Bayesian analysis -- a type of statistical analysis -- on radiocarbon dates from artifacts previously excavated at L'Anse aux Meadows. That analysis also suggested Viking occupation for up to 200 years.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
“Vikings Smoking Pot While Exploring Newfoundland”
Well that explains a lot!
PS - Nick Drake!? I know only a handful of people who know his name, and only one person I know recognized his music.
Pink, pink, pink, pink, pink, pink moon.
So you’re telling me that Beorn and Sven were “420 Blaze On” Stoners?????
Duuuuuude....
The Doobie Vikings (cue Monty Python)
Doobie, doobie, doobie, doobie, dooooo!
Sven & Bjorn in “Up in Smoke”
and don’t forget Snorri, he’d zone out and doze off after a fattie.
Newfoundland does not exactly have a long growing season. I doubt if they got much “bud” out of their plants. That’s why I am still thinking rope.
Hmmm. Evidence of prehistoric trade between Colorado and Labrador?
During the later centuries of the Viking age, the climate was warmer and as a consequence, farming took place at higher latitudes and altitudes than are possible today. Abandoned medieval farmsteads have been found way up in the mountains and/or up north in Scandinavia in places where the medieval methods and technology hasn't worked since.
Yeah, the Vikings were great *retrievers*. Also, for some reason, big fans of John Denver.
“Ordinary short back and sides...”
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