Dr. Eleanor Barraclough
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And there's some things that have been found at that site, like butternuts and butternut wood. They don't grow that far north. So we're talking the area further south down the Gulf of St.
And there's some things that have been found at that site, like butternuts and butternut wood. They don't grow that far north. So we're talking the area further south down the Gulf of St.
Yeah, exactly, exactly. So Vinland, in a way, isn't that place. Vinland is the whole area going south from there.
Yeah, exactly, exactly. So Vinland, in a way, isn't that place. Vinland is the whole area going south from there.
No? Okay. So this is something that's just been found, which is they know that there was a big cosmic storm. So like big solar flares in the year 993. And you can see that in some of the wood that has been obviously been chopped by the North at this site at Lanza Meadows yesterday. So the way we can know this is we know the date of the solar flare, which is 993.
No? Okay. So this is something that's just been found, which is they know that there was a big cosmic storm. So like big solar flares in the year 993. And you can see that in some of the wood that has been obviously been chopped by the North at this site at Lanza Meadows yesterday. So the way we can know this is we know the date of the solar flare, which is 993.
And then we just literally count forward on the tree rings. Every ring is a year. And when we get to the end of the rings, that tells us the year that the tree was cut down.
And then we just literally count forward on the tree rings. Every ring is a year. And when we get to the end of the rings, that tells us the year that the tree was cut down.
Yeah, exactly. And so we know that that wood was cut in the year 1021. And so that's the one date that we can say, all right, it looks like the Norse were definitely at this site in this year, which is really specific because usually we're talking, you know, a good flabby hundred years or so. Yeah.
Yeah, exactly. And so we know that that wood was cut in the year 1021. And so that's the one date that we can say, all right, it looks like the Norse were definitely at this site in this year, which is really specific because usually we're talking, you know, a good flabby hundred years or so. Yeah.
There's an archaeological site that's not Norse, it's early Inuit. And it's close to the sort of southern most tip of Baffin Island. And there they found this really lovely piece of carved wood. And it's a human figure and it's about five and a half centimetres high. But it looks like it's wearing Norse clothing. So it's got like this very full, yes, it's lovely.
There's an archaeological site that's not Norse, it's early Inuit. And it's close to the sort of southern most tip of Baffin Island. And there they found this really lovely piece of carved wood. And it's a human figure and it's about five and a half centimetres high. But it looks like it's wearing Norse clothing. So it's got like this very full, yes, it's lovely.
It's like this full folds of a skirt and then possibly a yoked hood covering the head and the shoulders.
It's like this full folds of a skirt and then possibly a yoked hood covering the head and the shoulders.