NORSEMEN IN NORTH AMERICA— BR0NDSTBD 401 



A SUGGESTION 



I suggest for consideration that money be found in America or 

 Scandinavia to equip an archeological expedition with the object of 

 exploring systematically certain previously selected tracts of land 

 along the Atlantic coasts of New England and Canada for Norse ruins 

 of the same character as those known and excavated in Greenland. 



The expedition would have to be directed by Scandinavian arche- 

 ologists with a practical knowledge of excavating Norse ruins in 

 Greenland. Naturally, such archeologists are to be found first and 

 foremost in Denmark, but also in Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. 



Having regard to the immense stretches of country to be examined, 

 the expedition must have an airplane at its disposal. Danish arche- 

 ologists have previously had occasion to locate and map Greenland 

 Norse ruins from the air. 



It would be necessary to establish a collaboration between American 

 and Scandinavian archeologists. Those taking part would have to 

 select the most suitable regions and the points likely to be of particular 

 interest. 



REFERENCES 



The literature about the topic being immense, this list of references 

 is not, of course, to be regarded as complete. What it gives is such 

 books and articles as are, to my mind, of more than fugitive or mere 

 transitory value. 



The main literature published in modern time on Vinland should 

 begin with Sven Soderberg's paper of 1910 (Lund, Sweden) wherein 

 he presented his interpretation of the syllable "vin" in Vinland as 

 meaning meadow, or grassland, not wine, or grapes, an interpretation 

 which was adopted by Fridtjof Nansen and later by V. Tanner, and 

 which very considerably expanded the chances of locating Vinland 

 more to the north. 



Allen, F. J. 



1921. The ruined mill, or round church of the Norsemen, Rhode Island, 

 U. S. A., compared with the round church at Cambridge and others 

 in Europe. Proc. Cambridge Antiquarian Soc, vol. 22 (n. s. vol. 16), 

 pp. 91-107. Cambridge, England. 

 Babcock, W. H. 



1921. Recent history and present status of the Vinland problem. Geogr. 

 Rev., vol. 11, pp. 265-282. April. 



BE0GGER, A. W. 



1937. Vinlandsferdene. Oslo. 



BR0NDSTED, JOHANNES. 



1948. Vinland. Opdagelse og Beliggenhed. In Det lukkede Land. Essays 



og Rids, pp. 35-47. K0benhavn. 

 1950. Problemet om Nordboer i Nordamerika f0r Columbus. Aarb. Nord. 



Oldkynd. og Hist., pp. 1-122. K0benhavn. 



