The lost norse.
The lost norse.
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失落的北欧人。
作者：
E. Kintisch
斯堪的纳维亚人从公元前985年开始生活在格陵兰岛，大约在公元前1450年结束。但为什么他们在那之后消失了，对他们的命运几乎没有线索，从那以后一直是个谜。现在，新的考古线索正在描绘一幅北欧人的新图景。新的发现不像之前认为的那样，是一个专注于奶制品养殖、不太适应北极气候的社会，而是一个以狩猎和贸易为中心的社区。根据对考古遗址的大规模调查确定的准确的新定居日期显示，搬迁更多地是中央计划的，这支持了集体狩猎努力与松散的农场林联邦的理由。与此同时，新发现的海象象牙表明，这种宝贵的商品可能推动了该社区的兴衰。
The Norse lived in Greenland beginning in 985 C.E. and ending around 1450 C.E. But why they disappeared after that, with few clues as to their fate, has remained a mystery since. Now, new archaeological clues are painting a fresh picture of the Norse. Instead of a society focused on dairy farming, and poorly adapted for the Arctic climate, as previously thought, the new findings imply a community centered instead around hunting and trading. Precise new dates of settlement, established from large surveys of archaeological sites, show more centrally planned movement, bolstering the case for a communal hunting effort versus a loose federation of farm stands. Meanwhile, new finds of walrus ivory show that this valuable commodity may have driven the rise and fall of the community.