L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada, is the first confirmed Viking site in the Americas. Photo by Clinton Pierce via Wikimedia Commons
A second site in Newfoundland, Canada, shows signs of a Viking presence, according to researchers. Point Rosee is about 300 miles south of L’Anse aux Meadows, the only confirmed Viking site in the Americas. It contains artifacts and structures not associated with First Nations people or subsequent European settlers, researchers said. The site appears to be about the same age as L’Anse aux Meadows. Further studies will be conducted there to determine whether it indeed was a Viking destination. “Either it’s … an entirely new culture that looks exactly like the Norse and we don’t know what it is,” archaeologist Sarah Parcak told The Washington Post in a phone interview. “Or it’s the westernmost Norse site that’s ever been discovered.” The discovery will be a part of the Vikings Unearthed program that debuts next week on PBS. Get the Story:
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