| A blog about the history, geography, and mythology of the Nordic countries. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland, and their associated territories. | I am a Library Science masters student focusing in social and library media. This has been combined with a background in archaeology and a fascination with world history and mythology to create this blog. |
New evidence suggests that the first Viking settlements in southern Greenland were able to cultivate and grow wheat.
Archaeologists from the Danish national museum found grains of burnt barley from the time when Erik the Red and other Icelanders moved to Greenland a thousand years ago. The find is the first evidence of cultivation in Greenland for this time.
(Source: icenews.is)
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