from an earlier date than previously believed.
...A recent discovery on a remote Baltic island is beginning to change
that. Two ships filled with slain warriors uncovered on the Estonian
island of Saaremaa may help archaeologists and historians understand how
the Vikings’ warships evolved from short-range, rowed craft to sailing
ships; where the first warriors came from; and how their battle tactics
developed. “We all agree these burials are Scandinavian in origin,” says
Marge Konsa, an archaeologist at the University of Tartu. “This is our
first taste of the Viking era.”
Pointed to by Michael Williamson on the Book of Face.
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Interesting. Thor Heyerdahl was a diffusionist of the first order and among other things believed the Vikings originally came from the Black Sea via rivers and overland to Scandinavia, and that Asgaard was near the Crimea, if I remember correctly.
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