SECOND COMERS
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L=Anse aux Meadows
- northern tip of north peninsula of Nfld
- first discovered in 1960, H.Ingstad
- 8 turf-walled structures, including 3 large
dwellings, several out-buildings
- construction style similar to Norse in Greenland
and Iceland
- artifacts: iron rivets (from ships), bronze pin,
and other Norse specimens
- site midden deposits: thin, suggesting occupation
by 30-40 people for only few years
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so
the Norse landed before Columbus, but they didn=t stay long
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Norse-Thule Contact (1000-500 BP)
- scattering of artifacts in Thule settlements in
Eastern Arctic
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Norse Sagas (esp. AGreenlanders= Saga@)
- Helluland, Markland, Vinland
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In the Wake of Columbus
- Balboa, first to see Pacific from Central
America, 1506
- Cortes, first to see Aztec capital,
Tenochtitlan, 1519
- Cabot, landed Nfld, 1496, saw snares, nets,
but no humans
- Varrazano, sailed up mid-Atlantic coast
from S. Carolina to Maine, 1524
- Cartier, first to travel Ainland@, up St. Lawrence to
Hochelaga, 1535
- Frobisher, in the Far North, 1576
- all had Afirst contact@ with indigenous people
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The Spanish Search for Gold
- expeditions out of Cuba, Mexico
- H. de Soto in the Southeast, 1540's from
Virginia to Oklahoma
- Coronado, Cibola and the Seven Cities of
Gold, visited Hawikuh Pueblo, 1540, and on to Kansas (leaving behind
horses)
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English and French Settlement
- English in Virginia, Jamestown 1607
- Champlain at Quebec, 1608
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The Unanswered Questions
- who were these people, and from the Arctic to the
Southwest, why did they look so different?
- where did they come from?
-
when
did they arrive?