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DWELLINGS OF THE SAGA-TIME IN 



ruins of the houses themselves. The Avails were narrower than 

 the Icelandic walls, and, although they were built of la}^ers of 

 turf and stone or sometimes of turf on a foundation of stone, the 

 middle space, filled in with earth, had almost disappeared, as 

 may be seen in the sketch. The long platforms of stone along 

 the walls, the pavements, thresholds, and scattered fireplaces 

 recall similar constructions in Iceland. 



In 1261 Greenland became subject to the Crown of Norway, 

 and to this influence the Danes attribute certain differences be- 



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SUPPOSED SITE OF THE HOUSE OF ERIK THE RED IN GREENLAND 



Meddelelser om Gronland, vol. xvi. Daniel Brunn 



tween the customs of the Norsemen in Iceland and in Greenland, 

 which I need hot describe here.* Perhaps the difference in archi- 

 tecture is due to the same cause. The ruin of the house found 

 on the supposed site of Brattahlid, the abode of Erik the Red, 

 looks as if it might have been remodeled several times since that 

 fearless Norseman first settled in the land. 



* Meddelelser om Gronland, vol. xvi, p. 490. 



