L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site In Canada

L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site - Canada

At the end of the big northern peninsula of the island of the Newfoundland the places to stay of a Viking's settlement of the 11-th century are proofs of the first European presence in North America. The dug out one remains from wooden frame veen peat building are similar to those which are found in Scandinavian Greenland and Iceland.

Statement of Significance

This archaeological site in the tip of the big northern peninsula of the island of the Newfoundland contains the dug out one remains from a Vikings-settlement existence of the 11-th century from wooden peat-buildings (houses, workshops, etc.) which are identical with those of Scandinavian Greenland and Iceland in the same period. The position is unique proofs frühsten known European presence on the American continent. L'Anse aux meadows the first and only known side is founded by Vikings in North America and the frühsten proofs of the European settlement in the new world. As such it is a unique landmark in the history of the human wandering and discovery.

Wide Report

In the tip of the big northern peninsula of the island of the Newfoundland the places to stay of a Viking's settlement of the 11-th century are proofs of the first European presence in North America. The dug out one remains from wooden frame veen peat building are similar to those which are found in Scandinavian Greenland and Iceland. Registers in 1960, dug out from 1961 to 1968 and then from 1973 to 1976, and become through park Canada since1977, the Epaves bay protected archaeological side which is laid in the nearby Anse aux meadows on the northern tip of the Newfoundland, is in the history of the settlement Rwarica of big meaning. The frühsten signs of the human activity back about 5000 years and under the prehistoric and protohistoric the populations which has got to generate a certain branch of Eskirms (Dorset Eskimo), which have been shown to have been by chance A.D. 400-700. A temporary classification for Fischer, gets stuck the coast which is laid on the coast by peat, Appearing for about one century to have been given up. During the 9-th century these became of the archaic local population comparably with this of during the historical age, the Beothuk' Indians ' descendants restored.

Till 1500 the population remains quasi-lasting measures, many tracks found in the bay and the surroundings area. This occupation, or seasonally or lastingly, was not the only presence in the area. The unusual importance from l'Anse aux meadows originates exactly from a temporary Viking's settlement of eight houses, smiths of a smith and four workshops. The excavations gave in detail reported information about the settlement, tools and the life style of the inhabitants. The big houses (which measured most spacious ones, 24 ms and a width of 4.5 ms and 19 ms by 14 ms) are characterized by the used building technologies Which are comparable with that Norway during the same period: a structure with peat of the natural doubts (peat marsh; a kind primarily gabled roof; thick peat distributes on the grass scar-floors; decoration of the rooms, chimneys and openings. The found objects are marked with a number which is clearly within the categories of Vikings-art products like a Steinöllampe, a balance, a birch bark for a ballast stone etc.

Close to the forge, low wave kiln (partially preserved) a deposition of found snails. The 50-odd hammered iron objects (nails, rivets, buckles, etc.), In the houses and workshops were found, meet the normal typology of late Viking's settlements along the Norwegian coast. The excavation of L'Anse aux meadows took place on a vulnerable place, followed by the comprehensive lab research. This was thanks to a paläoökologischen study use-seed and pollen fossils, with a reconstruction of the long time scenery and surroundings of this human settlement possibly. In spite of the noteworthy achievements of his archaeological one remains, L'Anse aux meadows is an excellent property of the human inheritance. It is valuable and thus the far unique landmark in the history of the wandering, and the discovery of the universe: it is the oldest settlement of the European origin in America.

Source:whc/unesco