Posted on Apr 1, 2016
Discovery Could Rewrite History of Vikings in New World
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Do you think this information will change our understanding of European colonization in the America's?
This story chronicles a recent archaeological discovery of a fresh Norse settlement in Newfoundland.
This story chronicles a recent archaeological discovery of a fresh Norse settlement in Newfoundland.
Discovery Could Rewrite History of Vikings in New World
Posted from news.nationalgeographic.com
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The only people it will affect is those who actually care. Most people are so busy with themselves that things that happen one block over and don't personally affect them are forgotten in ten minutes. This might have an affect on the academics but most people won't know about this unless it's on Facebook in a meme.
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SSgt Robert Marx
Yes. That is correct; however, I think the academics will have a field day with this discovery. Archaeology really does change our historical understandings of even recent events.
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There are so many stories of European and Chinese explorers/adventurers visiting the Americas in pre-Columbian times. Roman burial sites in Tennessee and Texas. Blond haired, blue eyed Indians in the Mississippi valley (believed descendants of Welsh adventurers), Chinese artifacts in the Sacramento Delta, Bimini Island, and New England... the list goes on and on.
Interestingly, I once owned an antique history school book published in 1824 that told of Norsemen in America, and I was taught in school that this was a recent discovery in the 1940's.
Interestingly, I once owned an antique history school book published in 1824 that told of Norsemen in America, and I was taught in school that this was a recent discovery in the 1940's.
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SSgt Robert Marx
That is very interesting! I have purchased older history textbooks in the past and love a good selection in flea markets. It interested me how the telling of WW2 changed in the years following the conflict. For example, America boasted the first kamikaze pilot who blew up a Japanese battleship during the naval action off of Batavia in what is now Indonesia. This was apocryphal and now we know nothing larger than a destroyer was sunk by the ABD powers in that battle. The USS Houston was lost which was catastrophic for the US Navy. Anyway, our understanding of history changes as the events get more dated.
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this has been known for years, also the Chinese were here in the 1100s and mapped the west coast. despite this proof, England did start the migration that led to the hostile takeover of the Americas.
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SSgt Robert Marx
I do not know that snippet concerning the Chinese navy. My understanding was that it was boasted but remains unsubstantiated. I know of one recent book that chronicled an impressive Chinese flotilla before the European incursions. Even if true, that naval progress was not reinforced by vigorous subsequent action for no victory lasts if it is not exploited.
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