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: Received: 18 January 2023 / Approved: 20 January 2023 / Online: 20 January 2023 (01:48:14 CET)
How to cite:
Haynes, R.; Franklin, M.; Goosney, J.; Goosney, D. Re-Visiting Viking Vinland: II. 'Virtual Excavation' of 'Keelness', a Viking Shipwreck Site in North America. Preprints2023, 2023010367. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0367.v1
Haynes, R.; Franklin, M.; Goosney, J.; Goosney, D. Re-Visiting Viking Vinland: II. 'Virtual Excavation' of 'Keelness', a Viking Shipwreck Site in North America. Preprints 2023, 2023010367. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0367.v1
Haynes, R.; Franklin, M.; Goosney, J.; Goosney, D. Re-Visiting Viking Vinland: II. 'Virtual Excavation' of 'Keelness', a Viking Shipwreck Site in North America. Preprints2023, 2023010367. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0367.v1
APA Style
Haynes, R., Franklin, M., Goosney, J., & Goosney, D. (2023). Re-Visiting Viking Vinland: II. 'Virtual Excavation' of 'Keelness', a Viking Shipwreck Site in North America. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0367.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Haynes, R., Jamie Goosney and Denise Goosney. 2023 "Re-Visiting Viking Vinland: II. 'Virtual Excavation' of 'Keelness', a Viking Shipwreck Site in North America" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0367.v1
Abstract
The series of papers, 'Re-Visiting Viking Vinland', encompasses a re-evaluation of the Viking voyages from Greenland to North America, from about 985 to 1026 A.D. Searching for their American landfalls used multiple approaches: clues from Norse sagas, logic, creative imagination, and advanced imaging technology. Paper I described locating 'Keelness', a Viking shipwreck site in Newfoundland, Canada, but Covid-19 prevented professional, on-site follow-up. Paper II describes our alternative, a 'virtual excavation', using only remote imaging via drone, plus advanced data-processing of both visible and thermal (infrared) data. Starting with the 'stocks', a support structure for Viking ship repair, other features were accidentally found, identified, and interpreted. These included damaged hull planks ('strakes'), parts of the broken keel, a pit-house for shelter, and the hole where a keel-piece was erected as a navigational marker; with the site named (Norse, 'Kjalarnes') ('Keelness' or Keel Point). Results of this non-contact, non-destructive 'virtual excavation' supported our hypothesis that this site is the 'Keelness' mentioned in the Norse sagas. Fragments of Leif Eriksson's original ship may still be preserved in a sphagnum moss bog after 1000 years, accessible for further study, and perhaps providing valuable information on both provenience (origin) and provenance (history) of these iconic artifacts.
Keywords
Viking; Vinland; Keelness; remote imaging
Subject
Arts and Humanities, Archaeology
Copyright:
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