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L'Anse aux Meadows: plan of Viking settlement in Newfoundland
L'Anse aux Meadows: Plan of Viking settlement (Athena Review Image Archive).
Excavations
at the Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland by Helge
Ingstad and Anne Stine in 1960 showed foundations of eight sod
buildings, including a main dwelling, a bathhouse of a type known from
the Norse occupation of Greenland, and a blacksmith shop. Iron nail
fragments were found in the house, and pieces of iron together with
slag were found in the smithy. Other definite Norse artifacts
include a soapstone spindle whorl similar to those in use in Greenland
and Iceland during the 11th century, and a bronze-ringed pin.
As shown in the above plan (after Ingstad 1974), the
early 11th century settlement includes the following features, shown on
the plan: 1: the large house. 2-7: other structures, some
with hearths and cooking pits. 8: the smithy. 9: a
possible charcoal kiln. 10-11: large cooking pits. A number of
boat sheds were also found. Radiocarbon samples from several site areas
produced dates clustering around AD 1000, which accords with the
historic evidence of the Viking sagas.
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