ANTH 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Beringia, Microblade Technology, Denisova Cave
18 Jan 2020
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Vikings/norsemen, originating from denmark and sweden (northern europe) were the first europeans to hit the new world in the late 10th early 11th centuries. There"s a chance other europeans were also here before columbus, a good possibility is the welsh and a specific irish monk, but none of them have left actual evidence like the vikings. The site, l"anse aux meadows, in newfoundland is the largest piece of evidence for vikings in the new world around 1000 ce. A short lived settlement lasting a decade or less, likely due to bad relations with native. Also established colonies in greenland, likely in pursuit in ivory from walruses. Ended up rejecting eating fish while in new world since they associated this with the new world peoples which was a terrible idea and after the little ice age in the 1300s they weren"t there anymore, likely dead.
