Norse and Aztecs · TURNING POINT ·
Brattahlíð, Erik the Red’s farm (985–986)
On the Norse and Aztecs map as “Brattahlíð — Erik’s farm”
985 or 986 — Erik the Red built his farm at the head of Eiríksfjörður on the best grazing land in south Greenland, at modern Qassiarsuk. The site, with the ruins of a later church, is now part of the UNESCO World Heritage landscape of Kujataa.
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- Vikings in Greenland and Vinland (chapter 4 of Norse and Aztecs)
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- Climate and Innovation: The Norse and the Aztecs, c. 790–1521
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