ANT210H5 Lecture 6: ANT210 - Week 6 & 7
Document Summary
Building an economic machine economic power ventured west instead of east to iceland. Moved further and went to greenland lots of norse settlement in greenland. Vinland: below l"anse au meadows archaeology in this period and known data first authenticated site in north america. Debate when found 1979: criticizing its discovery that it wasn"t a norse settlement. First introduced last time as a chinese observatory or lighthouse (connected to zheng he) But the first english settlers (1639) never mentioned it. Archaeological investigations (1948,2996,2008) found only artifacts from scotland, england, or. Dates to 1665; a windmill similar to one in england. Not just a debate about the ancient world in 1963 10% of minnesotans said it was fake scandanavian community large, but a minority in minnesota took root in late 1800s and struggled for acceptance. Viking leagues (community organizations) formed these leagues promoted the contribution of swedish people to world history, etc. Now the norse exploits are a source of pride.
