Anne Stine Ingstad

Dr. Anne Stine Ingstad (11 February 1918 – 6.November 1997) was a Norwegian archaeologist who, along with her husband Dr. Helge Ingstad, discovered the remains of a Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1960.Anne Stine Moe was born and raised in Lillehammer, Norway. She married Helge Ingstad in 1941. She studied archaeology at the University of Oslo in the 1950s. In 1960 her husband discovered settlement traces at L'Anse aux Meadows on the island of Newfoundland. Between 1961 and 1968, Anne Stine Ingstad led an excavation of the settlement with an international team of archaeologists from Sweden, Iceland, Canada, U.S. and Norway. The excavation revealed the remains of an early 11th century Norse settlement. These remains included sod houses, a forge, cooking pits and boathouses. The settlement is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a National Historic Site of Canada. In the 1970s Anne Stine Ingstad worked on the textiles from the Kaupang and Oseberg excavations.

Anne Stine Ingstad died in 1997 at the age of 79, leaving behind her 19 year older husband Helge and their daughter Benedicte.

Bibliography

*Ingstad, Helge; Ingstad, Anne Stine (2001). "The Viking Discovery of America: The Excavation of a Norse Settlement in L'Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland". Checkmark Books. ISBN 0-8160-4716-2.

External links

* [http://www.extend.no/les/leiv.html A short history of Vinland and excavations at L'Anse aux Meadows]
* [http://www.hf.uio.no/iakh/english/cvms/viking/ingstad/ Archives are held at the University of Oslo]

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DATE OF BIRTH=1918
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DATE OF DEATH=1997
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