. The voyages of the Norsemen to America. By courtesy of M. Clemmensen Map of the Plain at Igaliko. MC, XLVIIAfter survey by Cafit. G. Holm and Cafit. D. Bruun,shcetving ruins of Gardar Cathedral and the bishops house carried out under the auspices of the Danish GreenlandCommittee,* the remains of the Norse colony in Greenlandhave to a considerable extent been investigated, and muchlight has been thrown on the life and history of the early set- * Kommissionen for Ledelsen af Geologiske og Geogrqfiske Undersogelser iGronland, MG, VI, XVI, XLVII. 28 THE VOYAGES OF tiers, as well as on the old to
. The voyages of the Norsemen to America. By courtesy of M. Clemmensen Map of the Plain at Igaliko. MC, XLVIIAfter survey by Cafit. G. Holm and Cafit. D. Bruun,shcetving ruins of Gardar Cathedral and the bishops house carried out under the auspices of the Danish GreenlandCommittee,* the remains of the Norse colony in Greenlandhave to a considerable extent been investigated, and muchlight has been thrown on the life and history of the early set- * Kommissionen for Ledelsen af Geologiske og Geogrqfiske Undersogelser iGronland, MG, VI, XVI, XLVII. 28 THE VOYAGES OF tiers, as well as on the old topography. Finnur Jonsson* has,in particular, made a study of this latter question, and hassucceeded in identifying many of the churches, fiords, Norsemen setded chiefly at the inner part of a fiord,on the low lands, where there were good pastures and w^oods,and near a river or brook, rich in salmon. Each farm con-sisted of a number of buildings, sometimes as many as. Large Pen at Kakortok. MG, VI twenty. The general lay-out of the farm, as well as the con-struction of the houses, was much on the same plan as inIceland. The dwelling-houses were built on a well-drainedspot; if the farm was located on a fiord, it was built neara landing-place. Not far from the dwelling-houses werefound scattered various smaller detached buildings, used asstorehouses, smithy, and barns for the milch cows, eachbarn generally containing a division for the storage of hay. * Gronlands Gamle Tofiografihi efterKilderne, MG, 1898.
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