Walrus DNA suggests meetings between Vikings and Indigenous Inuit
What really surprised us was that much of the walrus ivory exported back to Europe was originating in very remote hunting ...
Archaeologists suggest Neolithic Scandinavians may have used skin boats to hunt, travel and trade
The rock art panels depict fishing, whaling, and seal hunting activities, which the PWC was known to do, as well as boats ...
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Ancient Scandinavians likely used animal skin boats to hunt and trade, study finds
Photo of Umiak skin boat paddled by Kingikmiut whale hunters in Cape of Prince Wales, Bering Strait (Susan R. Bernardi (Wikimedia Commons)) Similar boats made of animal skin are still being used ...
Ancient Walrus DNA Reveals Mysteries of Viking Ivory Trade
A study of ancient walrus DNA reveals Viking trade routes in Greenland, highlighting Norse interactions with Indigenous ...
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Modern-Day Viking Voyages Reveal How Earliest Trade With Americans Was Possible
I t’s old news by now that Columbus was far from the first European to make it to the Americas. We know for a fact, for ...
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Meet the bowhead whale hunters of northern Alaska
Yugu Alfred Ningeok is the son of a whaling captain and a member of an Inupiat whaling crew. An umiak, or skin boat, carries a small team in pursuit of a whale. Hear more about camping on sea ice ...
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Retracing walrus ivory trade of Viking Age reveals early interactions between Europeans and Indigenous North Americans
By examining ancient walrus DNA, an international research team led by Lund University in Sweden have retraced the walrus ivory trade routes of the Viking Age. They found that Norse Vikings and Arctic ...
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Ancient Scandinavians likely used animal skin boats to hunt and trade, study finds
Scandinavians may have used boats made of animal skin for hunting and trading about 5,000 years ago, according to a study that sheds more light on Europe’s “marine-specialised” early culture.