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La Anse Ochs Meadows National Historic Site
Sites in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
The L 'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site is located in La Anse Aux Meadows
Canada
Newfoundland
with
Labrador
Between provinces, was nearly a thousand years ago
European
in
North America
First place of residence.
- Chinese name
- La Anse Aux Meadows National Historic Site
- Foreign name
- L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
- Geographical position
- Newfoundland, Canada
Basic data
Heritage Name: La Anse Aux Meadows National Historic Site
L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
Selected time: 1978
Selection basis: Cultural heritage
(vi)
Location: N51 28 0 W55 37 0
Heritage Number: 4bis
Estate description
Map of World Heritage Sites in Canada
1978 according to
Cultural heritage
Selection criteria
(vi), La Anse Ochs Meadows National Historic Site because it is the first European settlement in North America, was
UNESCO
World Heritage Committee
Approved as a World Heritage Site
World Heritage List
".
Selection based on criteria (vi):
La Anse Ochs Meadows National Historic Site is the first and only known site established by Vikings in North America and the earliest evidence of European settlement in the New World. As such, it is a unique milestone in the history of human migration and discovery.
[1]
Evaluation by the World Heritage Committee
in
Newfoundland
Corner of the northern peninsula, 11th century
Viking
The remains of Viking settlements, the earliest evidence of European foot on the North American continent. The remains of wooden mud-grass houses unearthed at the site are also present
Greenland
and
Iceland
The findings are very similar.
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La Anse Ochmeadow National Historic Site was the first European settlement in North America nearly 1,000 years ago. It is also where iron tools were first used in the New World and houses made of wood and mud similar to those found in Norway are preserved.
La Anse Ochs Meadows National Historic Site, the first European settlement in North America nearly 1,000 years ago, is the first and only known evidence of a Viking settlement in North America and the earliest European foot on the continent. As such, it is a unique milestone in the history of human migration and discovery.
[3]
La Anse Ochs Meadows National Historic Site
The epic also describes another colonization. Thorfinn Karlsefni and a group of 135 men and 15 women sailed to Erickson's old encampment, which may now be known as La Anse Oxmeadow National Historic Site, and continued on from there. Among them was Erickson's half-sister, Freydis Eiriksdottir. Although it is unclear whether La Anse Ochs Meadow National Historic Site is the "Vinland" mentioned in the epic, it is certain that there were some here around 1000 AD
Viking
Colonists lived here.
[3]
La Anse Aux Meadows National Historic Site may have served as a transit point between Greenland and another colony in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, or as a wintering place for Viking explorers who set out from Greenland. However, the site had only been used for two or three years. According to literary and archaeological evidence, poor relations with the indigenous people may have been the main reason why the Viking settlers abandoned the area. Internal struggles among women and sudden changes in the weather were also cited as the most likely reasons. The epic has an interesting account of this: in order to establish a good relationship with the indigenous people, the Vikings held a banquet for the chief of the indigenous people, and milk was served during the banquet. It is possible that the aborigines were lactose intolerant without realizing it and became ill after drinking the milk, which led to the suspicion that the Vikings had poisoned the aborigines, so the plan to attract the aborigines failed.
In addition, the La Anse Oxmeadow National Historic Site may be related to the legendary "Saguenay Kingdom" of the Algonquin people. Legend has it that the people of the Kingdom of Saguenay were fair-skinned, blond-haired, blue-eyed, and possessed abundant fur and metals, but this is only speculation.
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