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New horizons at L'Anse aux Meadows.
- Source :
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 7/30/2019, Vol. 116 Issue 31, p15341-15343, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The UNESCO World Heritage site of L'Anse aux Meadows (LAM) in northern Newfoundland is the only undisputed site of pre-1492 presence of Europeans in the Americas. In August 2018, we undertook fieldwork at LAM to sample the peat bog 30 m east of the Norse ruins for a multiproxy paleoenvironmental assessment of Norse settlement. Instead, we encountered a new cultural horizon. Here we report our fieldwork at this iconic site and a Bayesian analysis of legacy radiocarbon data, which nuance previous conclusions and suggest Norse activity at LAM may have endured for a century. In light of these findings, we reflect on how the cultural horizon, containing nonnative ecofacts, may relate to indigenous or Norse activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- WORLD Heritage Sites
PEAT bogs
MEADOWS
HORIZON
BAYESIAN analysis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00278424
- Volume :
- 116
- Issue :
- 31
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137875907
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1907986116