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3 unusual facts about L'Anse aux Meadows


L'Anse aux Meadows

Because of this, the common hypothesis prior to Ingstad's theories was that the Vinland region existed somewhere south of the Northern Massachusetts coast, because that is roughly as far north as grapes grow naturally.

Norstead

Norstead (Newfoundland), a reconstructed Viking-age village and port near L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland and Labrador

Stephen McNallen

This would include any future discovery of Viking burials, such as those from Leif Ericson's lost colony (which is thought to be similar to L'Anse aux Meadows).


Timeline of archaeology, 2000s

29 March: Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer; co-discoverer of Viking artifacts at L'Anse aux Meadows


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