Arky Midterm Two

Question 1

What is L’anse aux Meadows and where is it located

Answer 1

northernmost tip of Newfoundland and it represents that only undisputed archaeological evidence of the Norse presence in north america

Question 2

When and who discovered the Kensington Runestone

Answer 2

was discovered in 1898 by a Swedish immigrant Olof Ohman who unearthed the find in a field in central Minnesota

Question 3

Explain the European in the new world before Columbus (navigatio)

Answer 3

The Irish priest St. Brendan was supposed to have embarked on a seven year trip westward into the atlantic ocean sometime in the late fifth and early sixth centuries

Question 4

who is Barry Fell

Answer 4

Provides ostensible evidence not just for the discovery but also for the exploration and colonization of the Americas by Iberians

Question 5

what is the Mound Builder

Answer 5

Does not refer to a specific people or archaeological culture but characteristics mound earth works constructed by emerging complex societies and chiefdoms