Skraeling Island
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Skraeling Island (Latitude: 78° 52' 60 N, Longitude: 75° 55' 0 W) off the east coast of Ellesmere Island lying in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.
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[edit] History of Skraeling Island
The Norse referred to the indigenous peoples they encountered in Greenland and the New World as skræling (`cloth-skin,' possibly derived from the hides the natives wore), and the sagas make it clear that the Norse considered the natives hostile. [1]
[edit] Geography
[edit] Paleontology
Skraeling Island is an extensive archeological site which has yielded a wealth of artifacts from Small-Tool cultures dating from 4500 BC (Dorset and Thule). Norse items found at Inuit sites — some 80 objects from a single site including a small driftwood carving of a face with European features — suggests that there was a lively trade between the groups (as well as an exchange of Norse goods among the Inuit).
[edit] References
- ^ The Amazing Vikings by Michael D. Lemonick and Andrea Dorfman as it appeared on Time.com, Vol. 155 No. 19, 8 May 2000
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