General Information
The Viking Age took part between which years?
790-1066
Archaeological Evidence is physical remains left by who?
Humans
A written account is a report or record of what?
A specific event in history
Oral history/tradition
Northern Europe
The name for portable remains such as clothing, tools or decorations.
Artifacts
Called the "raw materials" of history, this is the name of original documents created at the time.
Primary Source
What are Viking oral histories called?
Norse Sagas
Vikings built many of these, often 1000's of km from home.
Settlements
The name for non-portable remains such as structures like the pyramids.
Features
Accounts that retell, analyze or interpret events after they have happened are called what?
Orally/through speaking
Name three forms of evidence that can be used to prove that Vikings explored.
How does Archaeological Evidence show us Vikings explored?
Shows us places Vikings went through objects or structures left behind and shows us items brought home from faraway places. Physical proof.
How can written accounts be used as evidence of Viking exploration?
Tell us places Vikings went, tell us how Vikings were viewed. Many in existence. One sided and bias.
How can Viking oral history be evidence of Viking exploration?
tell of heroic adventures
long sea voyages that describe landscapes of coastlines and mention of settlements. Can be used with other evidence.
Vikings were largely stereotyped and known for this activity.
Raiding
This archaeological site, consists of eight structures and various artifacts and is evidence of Viking Exploration.
L'anse aux Meadows
In the past an account was written by a monk about a Viking raid. When was the account written? Who wrote it? Where did the raid take place?
300 years later
Simeon of Durham
Lindisfarne
What is believed to be the name the Vikings called Newfoundland in their Sagas?
Vinland