Vikings

Time Period

10th - 11th Century CE (900s - 100s)

Motives

Resources Lack of wood in Greenland Animal furs Walrus Ivory Overpopulation

Leif Erickson

Sailed from Greenland. Baffin - Labrador - Newfoundland Settlement in Vinland - L’Anse Aux Meadows"

Skraeling

Barbarian or foreigner - used for the the Dorset, Thule, Innu, Beothuk, Algonkian

Vinland

Norse sagas refer to norse settlement (Newfoundland)Maybe Land of Meadows, Maybe Wine Land

Significance of Viking Exploration (5)

L’Anse aux Meadows is the first and only known site established by Vikings in North America Earliest attempt at establishing a permanent European settlement in the “New World.” Significant in that mainland Europeans did not follow the Norse – it wasn’t until the 15 th century that they made their way to Canada Full Circle Brings up questions… Why didn’t they stay? What was their relationship with the Aboriginals like?

Helluland

Flat Stone Land - Baffin Island

Markland

Forest Land - Labrador

Spindle Whorl

Turns Wool into Yarn - Signified women and family as part of settlement (permanence)