The Ethnicity of the Vinelanders
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4690180 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gunnar Karlsson (0000-0002-3704-1338, University of Iceland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 201 |
| Issue | sp2 |
| Pages | 126-130 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the North Atlantic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1935-1933 • E-ISSN: 1935-1933 |
| Publisher | Journal of the North Atlantic (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3721/037.002.s213 |
| OpenAlex | W2160001447 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
This paper searches for the most logical answer to the question about the ethnicity of the European people who attempted to settle permanently on the continent of North America around the turn of the 11th century. Were they Norwegians, Icelanders, Greenlanders, or just Norsemen? Following a short study of the ethnic identities of Icelanders and Norwegians in the Viking Age, the answer suggested is that the Vinelanders had a double ethnic identity, a Greenlandic and a Norse one
Art · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Linguistics · Norwegian · Sociology · Anthropology · Demography · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |