Vikings Left Greenland During the Early 15th Century Because of Drought, New Study Suggests
A new study gives an alternative reason why Vikings left Greenland despite conquering it years before.
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A new study gives an alternative reason why Vikings left Greenland despite conquering it years before.
For years, researchers have sought to understand why Vikings abandoned one of their settlements in Greenlan...
For the better part of four centuries, Greenland's southern coast defined the westernmost edge of Viking occupation.
A breakthrough study has shown that a prolonged drought, not the Little Ice Age, drove the Greenland Vikings to abandon their 400-450-year-old settlements.
A new study led by UMass Amherst suggests that increasing aridity, not temperature change, contributed to the Norse abandonment of Greenland settlements in the 15th century.