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canopic jug [soylentnews.org] writes:

The New York Times has written about study results published recently in Nature which show rather precisely when Vikings had been living in what is now Canada [nytimes.com], specifically at L’Anse aux Meadows [unesco.org].

But in results published Wednesday in Nature, [nature.com] scientists presented what they think are new answers to this mystery. By analyzing the imprint of a rare solar storm in tree rings from wood found at the Canadian site, scientists have decisively pinned down when Norse explorers were in Newfoundland: the year A.D. 1021, or exactly 1,000 years ago.

The date was calculated from a combination of dendrochronology and astrophysics.

Previously:
(2020) Archaeologists in Norway Find Rare Viking Ship Burial Using Only Radar [soylentnews.org]
(2020) Melting Ice Reveals an Ancient, Once-Thriving Trade Route [soylentnews.org]
(2018) 8-Year-Old Girl Pulls Ancient Sword From Lake, is Our Ruler Now [soylentnews.org]
(2016) Vikings, Crystal 'Sunstones,' and the Discovery of America [soylentnews.org]
(2015) 1,200-year-old Viking Sword Discovered by Hiker [soylentnews.org]
(2014) The Vikings' Navigational Mystery: Calcite [soylentnews.org]

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