In the remote wilderness of Ontario, a small stone etched with strange symbols has sparked renewed debate among historians ...

Based on those sagas and the types of artifacts left behind at L’Anse aux Meadows, archaeologists today generally agree that the Norse arrived sometime near the end of the 1 st millennium CE.

L’Anse aux Meadows, an archaeological site in Newfoundland, Canada, represents the first and only confirmed Viking presence in North America—proving beyond doubt that Vikings reached the ...

L’Anse aux Meadows is een 11e-eeuwse Vikingnederzetting op het noordelijkste puntje van Newfoundland. Het is het bewijs van de eerste Europese menselijke aanwezigheid in Noord-Amerika. ... Artifacts ...

Artifacts like a bronze cloak pin, a soapstone spindle piece, iron nails, and rivets make it clear who lived in the eight Icelandic-style turf shelters at L’Anse aux Meadows.

Inside the homes, exhibits showcase the Viking lifestyle and artifacts. + L’Anse aux Meadows. Images via Shutterstock, D. Gordon E. Robertson, Daniel Pouliot, Eric Titcombe, and Rosino.

A reconstruction of a Viking-age church at Norstead, Newfoundland, near the L’Anse aux Meadows, site of a settlement of Vikings who were present in 1021.

Your visit to L'Anse aux Meadows will begin at its visitor center, which is a museum in itself. The center has artifacts on display from the excavations, including a bone needle and bronze pin ...

Precision dating of artifacts from L’anse Aux Meadows pinpoints the earliest year that Vikings could possibly have been active in North America at 1021CE.

A new study of wooden artifacts found at Newfoundland’s famed L’Anse aux Meadows site shows that Vikings lived, and felled trees, on North American soil exactly 1,000 years ago—during the ...

Some experts wondered whether this date might help them date L’Anse aux Meadows with more certainty. The site contained more than 500 pieces of wood, Wallace says, including parts of posts as well as ...

The study examined wooden artifacts from a previously undated Viking ... Vikings also established a presence in Iceland and Greenland to the west before arriving at the L’Anse aux Meadows site.