Article: Contact between the Norse Vikings and the Dorset culture in Arctic Canada.(Debate)(Author abstract)(Report)

Introduction

One the most dramatic encounters in human history took place when the Norse Vikings came into contact with the native North Americans whom they called 'Skraelings', completing the longitudinal expansion humanity around the earth. Our knowledge of the Norse Vikings comes from their sagas and other historical documents, and from archaeological excavations in Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland. The 'Skraelings' encountered in the New World are known to archaeological research as people belonging to three very distinct cultures, namely Dorset, Thule and Point Revenge occupying parts the eastern Canadian Arctic, Greenland, Labrador and ...

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