Re: Questions


"Inger Eleonora(Norah)" <noninger_none.nonjohansson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
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"Alan Crozier" <name1.name2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Alan Crozier" <name1.name2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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And what is the relevance of that for the Faroe Islands? And
when
did
the first ships come to the Shetlands? Long before people were
able
to
write about them.

If they were in Shetland it's more understandable the documents up
to
790's
telling that the only 'inhabitants' on the Faero Island were
sheeps.
Isn't
it.

How did the sheep (not sheeps) get to the Faroes?

That's what I have been asking myself while reading and searching for
the
answer. For all I know they could have come there very early. But
that's why
I ask for known earliest found artifact, remain or settlement. Might
have
been windblown small boats with people we don't know anything about
who
didn't survive but their lifestock in sheep might....

OK, then the article to which prd drew your attention should be a good
start in your quest. The authors date the introduction of sheep (and of
permanent human settlement) to the period 500-800 AD.

Alan


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