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Co-led the 1960s excavations at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland that confirmed the Norse pre-Columbian settlement, providing the foundational physical evidence for accepted trans-oceanic contact.
Quick Facts
Born
December 17, 1899 · Ørkedalen, Norway
Died
March 29, 2001
Nationality
Norwegian