Over 1,000 years ago and 500 years before Columbus' historic trip, Leif Eriksson and a group of Viking explorers landed on the shores of North America at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada. These mariners first wintered here while exploring the coasts of a country they called Vinland. Join Birgitta Wallace, Archaeologist Emerita, Atlantic Region, Parks Canada, as she shares her experiences at the excavation of the site that corrected history books. This illustrated lecture takes place on Thursday, March 8 at 7 p.m. at Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Registration is recommended.
Archaeologists agree, this site located at the northern tip of Newfoundland is the first and, to date, the only authentic site of Viking settlement in North America. The ruins of eight houses and workshops, some with their thick walls and pitched roofs painstakingly restored will be featured. Dr. Wallace will also discuss the revised legendary image of the Vikings. But Vikings were not only the men who went on raids. Their population included farmers, herders and inventors.