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Lion Eyes said:
Yo!!! Sherlock...MAGOO!!!


The Vikings are both famous and notorious for their like of beer and mead, and archaeologists have discussed for years whether Eric the Red (ca. 950-1010) and his followers had to make do without the golden drink when they settled in Greenland around the year 1,000.

The Greenland climate was mild when they landed, but was it warm enough for growing corn?

Researchers from the National Museum in Copenhagen say the answer to the question is ‘yes’. In a unique find, they uncovered very small pieces of charred grains of barley in a Viking rubbish heap on Greenland.

The find is final proof that the first Vikings to live in Greenland did grow barley – the most important ingredient in brewing beer, making a form of porridge or baking bread, traditionally seen as staple foods in the Vikings’ nutritional diet.

“Archaeologists have always believed that the Vikings tried to cultivate the soil on their farms in fertile southern Greenland,” says Peter Steen Henriksen, who holds an MSc in agriculture. “But this hasn’t been proved until now.”

Settling in a harsh environment
Henriksen, an archaeobotanist at the National Museum's Environmental Archaeology and Archaeometry section (NNU) in Copenhagen, led an expedition to Greenland to study how the Vikings tackled the task of settling in a cold and harsh environment.

“Now we can see that the Vikings could grow corn, and this was very important for their nourishment and survival,” he says.

The find also substantiates a well-known text from about 1250, ‘King's mirror (Konungs skuggsjá)’, which mentions in passing that the Vikings attempted to grow corn on Greenland. It is the only report about cultivating barley that we have from that time.

Researchers believe the Vikings probably grew barley in small quantities, compared with the large, billowing cornfields we have today, and sowed barley in small enclosures that were no bigger than their ability to irrigate the corn and keep hungry animals out.

Enjoy the entire article:
http://sciencenordic.com/vikings-grew-barley-greenland
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Nice find, Lion.
Thats the same article.
 
espola said:
And what's your point? Is there some dispute about this?
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I did arrive late into the conversation...
But apparently the pinhead that posted this: "The Vikings never grew "corn " as we know it now (maize) - they grew barley when the weather permitted and gathered native hay to feed their livestock over the winter.", had problems with it.
I went ahead and posted it again. It seems clear enough if you take the time to read it.
 
Lion Eyes said:
I did arrive late into the conversation...
But apparently the pinhead that posted this: "The Vikings never grew "corn " as we know it now (maize) - they grew barley when the weather permitted and gathered native hay to feed their livestock over the winter.", had problems with it.
I went ahead and posted it again. It seems clear enough if you take the time to read it.
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I like the part where they talk about how its too cold to grow corn in Greenland today.
 
Bernie Sanders said:
Keep going, ...we're so close.
Let it all out.
What happened with the rabbit?
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It's pretty simple, here's the pattern.

1. Someone posts something that gets debunked.
2. A silly attempt to support the debunked info. happens which also gets shot down.
3. A frustrated person then resorts to insults.
4. When the insult is returned, fake outrage is shown along with calls of, "you wouldn't say that to my face".
5. Rinse and repeat.

Hope this helps.
 
Wez said:
It's pretty simple, here's the pattern.

1. Someone posts something that gets debunked.
2. A silly attempt to support the debunked info. happens which also gets shot down.
3. A frustrated person then resorts to insults.
4. When the insult is returned, fake outrage is shown along with calls of, "you wouldn't say that to my face".
5. Rinse and repeat.

Hope this helps.
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:cool:
 
Bruddah IZ said:
Oh grow up Tiny
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He literally begs for it.
Wez said:
It's pretty simple, here's the pattern.

1. Someone posts something that gets debunked.
2. A silly attempt to support the debunked info. happens which also gets shot down.
3. A frustrated person then resorts to insults.
4. When the insult is returned, fake outrage is shown along with calls of, "you wouldn't say that to my face".
5. Rinse and repeat.

Hope this helps.
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Thats the pattern, but we need to get to the cause.
What happened with the rabbit?!
You need to understand why you do it.
 
Lion Eyes said:
I did arrive late into the conversation...
But apparently the pinhead that posted this: "The Vikings never grew "corn " as we know it now (maize) - they grew barley when the weather permitted and gathered native hay to feed their livestock over the winter.", had problems with it.
I went ahead and posted it again. It seems clear enough if you take the time to read it.
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What problems did I have with it?
 
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