Vinland
Americannoun
noun
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It seemed to be corroboration of the Kensington Runestone and of the Vinland Map that hit the headlines a few years later.
From Slate • Nov. 11, 2023
In the wake of their headline-grabbing Vinland success, the Groningen team is tackling another alluring set of historical puzzles: “floating” chronologies, or ancient, internally consistent timelines that are untethered to specific dates.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 13, 2023
Scholars are not sure which Indigenous group they belonged to, but twentieth-century archaeological digs in Nova Scotia have verified much of the information found in the Icelandic sagas of Vinland.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
When the Vinland Map appeared in 1965, not long after the Newfoundland discovery caused a sensation, scholars quickly raised doubts about the parchment.
From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021
The Norse sagas describe attacks on their Vinland camp by people termed Skraelings, evidently either Newfoundland Indians or Dorset Eskimos.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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