Norumbega Reconsidered


" Norumbega was a legendary settlement in
northeastern North America, inextricably
connected with attempts to demonstrate
Viking incursions in New England. Like
Cathay, it was a semi-legendary place name
used to fill a gap in existing geographical
knowledge." [Wikipedia]

I know this has little to do with actual archaeology,
but Inger was bringing this up again in the thread
"Iron artifacts validated with prejudices", in
relation with assumed Norse presence in Florida.

" First mentioned as parantese in one of the
early French explorer's diary. Then related to
the Norumbega, which by the way existed and
also noted by many more than discussed here
as a 'town' in same bay where you on older
shore-levels still can find same clam and
molluscs, oeyster types and some sea-weed,
as can be seen in for example Sannäsfjorden
in Bohuslän and in the Baltic harbors of older
days." [IEJ]

In that light it is good to take a look at this new
(web)publication:

H. G. Brack (ed) 2006
Norumbega Reconsidered:
Mawooshen and the Wawenoc Diaspora
The Indigenous Communities of the Central
Maine Coast in Protohistory: 1535 - 1620
http://tinyurl.com/ka8nk (davistownmuseum)
The main text is 123 pages and there is a
37 pp appendix with maps

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