THE VIKINGS WHO VANISHED FROM GREENLAND
A local society can become surprisingly independent when it has abundant raw materials, but Greenland had serious limitations.
Some resources could be obtained locally, and Norse households were resourceful, yet a large farming society still needed metal tools and other materials.
Recycling can extend the life of a metal supply, but it cannot create new iron indefinitely.
Every broken blade or nail was therefore part of a larger supply problem when ships became rare.
THE ANIMALS THAT KEPT GREENLAND ALIVE
To understand the Norse disappearance, it helps to think like a Greenland farmer.
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