Remember when everyone thought the 'Viking' site in Newfoundland was just a fishing camp?

I saw the first reports back in 2012 and figured it was just some old Basque stuff, you know? But then they kept finding more, like that stone lamp and the iron rivet. The carbon dating from the bog wood came back around 1000 AD, which is way before Columbus. That pretty much sealed it for me. Anyone else have a find they were totally wrong about at first?

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the_jamie1mo ago

Totally get that feeling. I was the same with the whole "Clovis first" idea they drilled into us in school. For years I argued with a buddy that no way people got here earlier, the science was settled. Then they found sites like Monte Verde in Chile, which is way older and way south of the ice-free corridor. Had to eat a massive slice of humble pie and text him an apology. It's a good reminder that new stuff gets dug up all the time and we have to be ready to change our minds.

elizabeth_martin1mo ago

Did you hear about my friend who swore the Antikythera Mechanism was just a fancy clock?