{"id":9487,"date":"2021-10-29T12:34:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T12:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=9487"},"modified":"2021-10-31T20:30:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T20:30:24","slug":"new-science-backs-viking-debut-in-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/new-science-backs-viking-debut-in-north-america\/","title":{"rendered":"New Science Backs Viking Debut in North America"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Steinar Engeland on Unsplash<\/p><\/div>\n

Just when the Vikings start to fall out of fashion, they do it again. Scientists utilized a new dating technique to reinforce that not only were the Vikings the first Europeans to reach the North American continent, we now have an exact year. In 1021, centuries before Columbus even thought of crossing the Atlantic, the Vikings built a settlement in present-day New Foundland, Canada. This week, we\u2019ll focus on the vocabulary related to the latest scientific discovery with an intermediate-level article and some reading comprehension questions.<\/span>
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\nFirst, because Indigenous Peoples’ Day (Former Columbus Day) was just a couple of weeks ago, I feel it’s important to mention the topic of “discovery”. At the time the Vikings landed in North America, the same as 470 years later when Christopher Columbus and his colonizing cronies “discovered America”, there were already millions of people living on the North American continent. The idea of colonization is an important element to consider when studying any language and culture, as it has grave impacts on people and traditions, as well as linguistic implications. Let us remind ourselves as we study the modern-day languages and peoples of the Scandinavian peninsula, it’s important to include indigenous narratives in our work too<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vikingarna<\/em> (the Vikings) i L’Anse aux Meadows<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

It\u2019s not news that the Vikings reached North America before Columbus. In the 1960s, a Norse <\/span>bos\u00e4ttning<\/span><\/i> (settlement) was discovered in L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada. Dating techniques of the time, as well as accounts documented in the old Icelandic <\/span>Sagorna om Vinland<\/span><\/i> (Vinland Sagas), estimated the camp was constructed in about the year 1000 AD. Leif Eriksson is the star of the show here, making it to the North American continent, most believe by happenstance.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>But now we know exactly when they <\/span>lived<\/span><\/i> on the continent. How?! Let\u2019s find out and learn some technical vocabulary, too!<\/span>
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En kraftig solstorm<\/em>\u00a0 \/ A powerful solar storm<\/span><\/h2>\n

Forskare<\/span><\/i> (researchers) in the Netherlands used knowledge of a global <\/span>solstorm<\/span><\/i> (solar storm) in 992 to put the pieces in place for this latest discovery. A new radiocarbon dating technique revealed <\/span>sp\u00e5r <\/span><\/i>(traces or tracks) of 992’s radiation event within the trees used at the settlement. <\/span>R<\/span><\/i>adioaktiva kolisotoper<\/span><\/i> (radioactive col isotopes) within \u00e5rsringarna<\/em> (the growth rings) of the trees, helped scientists count to the exact year trees were felled to build the camp.<\/span><\/p>\n

That evidence, plus the markings made by metallblad<\/span><\/i> (metal blades),<\/span> was consistent with three separate trees found at the site. Pretty neat, eh?<\/p>\n

L\u00e4sf\u00f6rst\u00e5else med vikingarna<\/em> \/ Reading comprehension with vikings<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Photo by Shadman Sakib on Unsplash<\/p><\/div>\n

I pulled an article from SVT, that comes with a short, 2-minute video from an arkeolog<\/em> (archeologist) in Uppsala. Read the article, watch the video, and then use the prompts below to write about what you’ve learned!
\nL\u00e4s artikeln fr\u00e5n <\/em><\/span>SVT.se h\u00e4r<\/span><\/a> och titta p\u00e5 videon. Sedan svara p\u00e5 fr\u00e5gorna nedan:<\/span><\/em>
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  1. Beskriv vikingarnas expansion i \u00f6st och v\u00e4st!\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Varf\u00f6r \u00e4r valrossen viktig i denna historia?<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Vad kallas den som arbetar med arkitekt fynd fr\u00e5n vikingatiden?<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. N\u00e4r uppt\u00e4cktes vikingarnas bos\u00e4ttning i L’Anse aux Meadows?<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Vilken global h\u00e4ndelse p\u00e5verkade den nya forskningen?<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  6. Hur har forskarna f\u00e5tt en exakt datering till bos\u00e4ttningen?<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  7. Varf\u00f6r \u00e4r denna metod viktigt f\u00f6r framtidens arkeologi?<\/em><\/li>\n
  8. Har du en favorit figur eller gud fr\u00e5n vikingatiden?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Now just for fun – what’s your favorite Viking depiction in pop culture? Film, television, music, or movie, tell me below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

    Just when the Vikings start to fall out of fashion, they do it again. Scientists utilized a new dating technique to reinforce that not only were the Vikings the first Europeans to reach the North American continent, we now have an exact year. In 1021, centuries before Columbus even thought of crossing the Atlantic, the…<\/p>\n

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