Re: [gardeners] Wednesday, pretty close to the garden
Margaret Lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 19 Jun 2002 14:05:39 -0600
>
>In Canada, George:Newfoundland, a place today known as L'Anse aux
>Meadows. NW tip of Newf. A 9th century Viking settlement was found,
>complete with runes, which dated the place to Eric the red or was it lief
>erikson or are these the same guys??? oh, I should go check but too lazy
>right this minute. The exciting thing is the refs in the runes tie into
>some of
>the norse sagas which we all thought were bs when we read them in school.
> None of this was discovered before the 80s, which puts an awful lot of
> us in
>the no Europeans before Columbus camp.
>
>
>I though Pacific Islanders were related to the Abos...where is Evil John
>these
>days? He should know, and even if he doesn't I'm sure he would venture an
>opinion:)).
>
>Lucinda
John is somewhat active on the Gardens list, he's not on this list. He
just stirred up an unpleasant thread, posting recipes for slugs. I
recently did read the book about Kennewick Man, sort of a one-man vendetta
against regulatory agencies, IMO. Still, Kennewick man's skull was a long
one, as were those of the "Anasazi" mummies. Margaret L