tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post1333765241670506705..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Pre-Viking colonization of Faroe islandsDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-46205649224368819662013-08-27T14:57:22.037+03:002013-08-27T14:57:22.037+03:00Such a late date for Faroes settlement even always...Such a late date for Faroes settlement even always seemed odd to me. Looking at the map it always looked within range of a Neolithic or even Mesolithic fishing boat. The technology used by St Brendan the Navigator was not exactly new.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02291622298961270279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-41074370538522345092013-08-26T18:04:30.175+03:002013-08-26T18:04:30.175+03:00I agree. Just because the mass emigrations of Ang...I agree. Just because the mass emigrations of Angles and Saxons was caused by adverse climate events (leaving much of Jutland/ Cimbria severely underpopulated), this does not mean that boating technology was at a high point, just then.eurologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440019181278830033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-75148569101681140212013-08-24T03:53:16.193+03:002013-08-24T03:53:16.193+03:00"I suspect that there is much more like this ..."I suspect that there is much more like this to be found if anyone makes the effort to search."<br /><br />Agree and if there was an extensive Atlantic coast maritime culture going back to megalithism then shipwrecks and fishing camps could go a long way back.Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13398462488549380796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-56127539795236231212013-08-23T09:54:02.009+03:002013-08-23T09:54:02.009+03:00Between the 4th and 6th centuries the Saxons, Angl...Between the 4th and 6th centuries the Saxons, Angles, and Jutes were migrating from the continent to the British Isles in large numbers and could not have done so without a relatively sophisticated maritime technology that enabled them to make the crossing routinely. I am reasonably sure that those maritime technologies were not limited to those groups alone and so it is not hard to picture others being able to make the crossings necessary to reach the Faroes or any other of the plethora of habitable islands that dot the area. I suspect that there is much more like this to be found if anyone makes the effort to search.CleverPrimatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348182461045006012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-5086197853749572632013-08-22T10:29:00.214+03:002013-08-22T10:29:00.214+03:00The results are no surprise. As in the pre-Viking ...The results are no surprise. As in the pre-Viking colonization of Iceland, the Faroe Islands were probably firstly colonized by the Irish or a mixed group of the Irish and the Scotch several centuries before the Viking colonization. These pre-Viking colonizations are historically recorded. Onur Dincerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041378853428912894noreply@blogger.com