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- ... that Ívar Bárðarson sailed to the Norse colony in northwestern Greenland during the 14th century, but found only feral livestock in the abandoned structures?
- Source: Bergland, Joel (2000). "The Farm Beneath the Sand". In Fitzhugh, William W.; Ward, Elisabeth (eds.). Vikings: the North Atlantic Saga. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 295–304. pp. 302–303:
Ivar Bardarson was sent to the Western Settlement to contact the people there, since in the more southerly and larger Eastern Settlement no on had heard from them for many years. He found no people, only empty farms and stray farmy animals. The quantities of animal manure that lay in all rooms in this abandoned farm appear to confirm the story of untethered domestic animals.
Rjj (talk) 05:06, 13 January 2025 (UTC).
New, long, comprehensive, well-sourced, and I love the haunting vibe of the hook. I shall propose another hook just for the fun of it:
ALT1: ... that Ívar Bárðarson's 14th-century reports of feral livestock inhabiting a failed Greenlandic colony were corroborated by the discovery of a frozen goat and animal feces inside an abandoned home?
If you like ALT1, it will have to be approved by another editor. Surtsicna (talk) 12:58, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
- I am fine with that ALT hook and generally with an ALT hook that talks about the archaeological work in the Western Settlement. Thanks for the feedback and the ALT. And yes another reviewer will have to take a look, Rjj (talk) 03:06, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
