https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE3s486ubC4 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE3s486ubC4 ;
The Story of the Vikings in North America
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The Viking Sagas tell of fantastical tales of voyages beyond Iceland and Greenland to lands further west that they named Helluland, Markland and Vinland.
The Norse (Vikings) liked what they found and established settlements to either use as bases to explore the region further and or to gather resources for shipment east to Greenland and Iceland.
It didn’t take long before the Norse encountered people who already lived there.
The first encounters between the native inhabitants and the Norse quickly turned violent and eventually culminated into full blown conflict between the two groups.
This resistance from the Native Americans eventually compelled the Norse to abandon their North American settlements.
For centuries afterward, these accounts written in the 14th century in Iceland were considered legendary tall tales, but in 1960 archaeological evidence of a Norse (Viking) in North America was discovered on the northern tip of what today is Newfoundland, Canada.
This site became known as L’anse aux Meadows and finally lent the Viking Sagas a measure of historicity.
In the decades that followed further research charted the movements of the Norse throughout the region of the St. Lawrence Bay.
Recent research has even pinned an exact irrefutable date of Norse occupation of the L’anse aux Meadows site.
However, many questions still remain to be answered with sufficient evidence such as whether the Norse actually made contact with Native Americans and what the purpose of their settlement at L’anse aux Meadows was.
DJ, Around 980 first "norse men" moved towards Greenland/Canada-west of Iceland. Very likely with very limited info and means of orientation. Maximum population of "Norse men" in Greenland most southern point may have been arounf 2,000 people.
But Greenland had no trees, so a reason to "look further" was to move west. Labrador had no population at that time. New Brunswick however did have lots of earlier population. Milk as part of trade did see the "Americans" get ill-lactose intolerance...
What Happened to Norse Greenland?
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Greenland was famously settled by Eric the Red in the 10th century, but what happened to this Norse settlement, where does the current Inuit population come from, and why is Greenland still today part of Denmark? This documentary looks at all these questions and more.
DJ, The "Norse men" came from Norway...at the same time Inuit/early Americans moved to the northern part of Greenland from Canada.
Early human settlement may go back to 2,000/2,500 b.c. however the hostile enviroment did result in giving up settlements often. Around 1400 very likely also the "Norse men" had to give up...Denmark moved in around 1700 a.o. around what now is called Nuuk.
Innuit DNA has up to 40% northern European DNA, some Iceland population may have Innuit DNA...so -there was conflict when there was contact- but since Greenland is big often the Innuit and Europeans did not meet.
