felltoearth wrote:jamest wrote:Macdoc wrote:jamest wrote:
Yes, it could have been any party exploring in that direction. Even today, somebody with basic knowledge and limited tools would build turf walls and try his hand at metallurgy in remote places.
Jamest you really need to learn more science..
Of course... I wasn't suggesting that it was easy to produce iron. All I was suggesting was that anybody who knew how to do it could chance their arm in such remote places. And that includes anyone from Europe after the Vikings. Also, if I were leader of any exploration into such realms, I think I'd be wanting to take such a guy with me.
All of the carbon-dating results were between about 1700 and 1900, which fits in nicely with European exploration into that part of the world.
I would be surprised if there was an undocumented settlement from that time period. Especially in the maritimes where there was a huge concern over who owned what where.
Maybe 'they' just settled down for the winter or until ship repairs were made, before moving on. There doesn't appear to be much in the way of artefacts to denote long-term occupation.