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Were the Vikings smoking pot in Newfoundland? + In pics: 9,000 yr-old Israeli site

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In pictures: 9,000 year-old settlement found in Israel
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49002046

INTRO: Thousands of pieces of tools, jewellery, figurines, seeds and other objects have been found at the site of a huge 9,000-year-old settlement from the Neolithic period uncovered in Israel. (MORE - images)



Were the Vikings Smoking Pot While Exploring Newfoundland?
https://www.livescience.com/65940-were-v...dland.html

EXCERPT: The discovery of cannabis pollen near a Viking settlement in Newfoundland raises the question of whether the Vikings were smoking or eating pot while exploring North America. The researchers also found evidence the Vikings occupied this outpost for more than a century, way longer than previously believed.

Located in northern Newfoundland, the site of L'Anse aux Meadows was founded by Vikings around A.D. 1000. Until now, archaeologists believed that the site was occupied for only a brief period. The new research, published today (July 15) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that the Vikings lived there possibly into the 12th or even the 13th century. [...] "This does not imply a continuous occupation," the researchers wrote, noting that the Vikings could have abandoned and reoccupied L'Anse aux Meadows when it suited them.

[...] The finding of cannabis pollen raises the question of whether the Vikings used cannabis for making clothes or for medicinal-recreational purposes while they explored North America. ... Ultimately, "the results presented here [in the journal article] pose more questions than answers," the archaeological team wrote. (MORE - details)
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