Judging History (branch off from election thread)

[gaelic cowboy]

I will emphasize this part:
"Inuit-Norse relations seem to have been fairly friendly at times, hostile at others. Few Inuit objects have been unearthed at the farms. Various Norse items, including bits of chain mail and a hinged bronze bar from a folding scale, have been found at Inuit camps in Greenland, mainland Canada, and on Baffin, Ellesmere, and Devon Islands. These are suggestive of commerce between the two peoples, but they may also have been seized by Inuit during raids on hunting parties in the Nordseta or plundered from farms."

From the Sagas we know that Norse would never trade away their weapons or armor. They were raided.

They might have also being left behind an picked up by the Inuit after the Norse left or died out or whatever happened.

[rvg]

They might have also being left behind an picked up by the Inuit after the Norse left or died out or whatever happened.

Possible, except that the Inuits would have no use for armor except for raiding, unless they were also fond of wrestling with polar bears. Furthermore, the Beothuk people of Newfoundland were far more hostile than the Inuit. A conflict in Vinland is a more likely scenario, especially considering that Vinland didn't turn into an icebox like Greenland did.