Re: Dorset 'longhouses'


Peter Alaca wrote:
Dorset 'longhouses'

In a series of still running threads Inger mentions, or is
referring to, "the so called Late Dorset buildings in
Labrador", longhouses with stonework ("mortal", "mortar").
She claimes they are similar to buildings in Scandinavia and
therefore must have been built by Scandinavians or at least
the locals were copying norse settlers (Maybe that is
what she means with "diffusion"). This is not the first time
she writes about that.

It is all about rectangular stone structures along the NW
coast of Ungaya Bay. (Covering 621,000 sq.km and only
ice-free in summer, is in the north-east of the Labrador
peninsula, opening onto the Hudson Strait. The many
large rivers flowing into the bay include the George,
Koksoak, Leaf, Payne and Whale)

See the map http://www.spirasolaris.ca/ungava3d.gif
with the locations of the 'longhouses' and the cairns
interpreted as 'stone beacons'.

For photo's of the 'longhouses' see:
Callum Thomson (1982), "Maritime archaic longhouses
and other survey results from outer Saglek Bay, northern
Labrador" http://tinyurl.com/zdky2

Note that Maritime Archaic is dated to over 2,000 years ago. So
maritime archaic longhouses pre-date Norse anything.

By Inger's argument, it is clear that American Indians colonized
Scandinavia, after a significant period of suspended animation. :-)
....

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  • Re: Dorset longhouses
    ... coast of Ungaya Bay. ... maritime archaic longhouses pre-date Norse anything. ... Scandinavia, after a significant period of suspended animation. ...
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  • Re: Dorset longhouses
    ... In a series of still running threads Inger mentions, ... coast of Ungaya Bay. ... maritime archaic longhouses pre-date Norse anything. ...
    (sci.archaeology)