Timeline_of_pre-Columbian_trans-oceanic_contact

Timeline of Norse colonization of the Americas

Timeline of Norse colonization of the Americas

Chronology of Norse activity in the Americas

Prehistoric settlement

Map of the Americas showing pre Clovis sites.
Main article: Settlement of the Americas
See also: Clovis culture

It's widely accepted that humans first arrived by the Beringia Land bridge, some estimates claiming this occurred as early as 43,000 years ago.[1]

Norse colonization

Main article: Norse colonization of North America

References

  1. [1]
    Vachula, Richard S.; Huang, Yongsong; Russell, James M.; Abbott, Mark B.; Finkenbinder, Matthew S.; O'Donnell, Jonathan A. (2020). "Sedimentary biomarkers reaffirm human impacts on northern Beringian ecosystems during the Last Glacial period". Boreas. 49 (3): 514–525. Bibcode:2020Borea..49..514V. doi:10.1111/bor.12449.
  2. [2]
    Seaver 1996, pp. 205, 229: 205: a reference to sailors in Bergen in 1484 who had visited Greenland (Seaver speculates that they may have been English); 229: archaeological evidence of contact with Europe towards the end of the 15th century.

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