Craig:
Today I went back and began to further WORD DECODE AKHOMENIS by switching A for E-I-O-U and while looking for these switches I also looked for the WORD DECODING for K which are D-G-P-T, and so far I have only gotten through to the beginning of Volume 5 letter E.  But I have some promising words so far, ETCHEMIN vol. 1 p. 53, UKCHIGUM Vol, 1 p. 211, EKAEYAMITHAT Vol. 4 p. 32, OKWEGAN Vol 4 p. 102, and OTCHIMANIBAN vol. 4 p. 100.  I also found some back up words in case I have to break AKHOMENIS down into separate syllables again so at least I will not have to go back and re-read the same material over again for a similar word.  Also, I seem to be missing Vol. 3 pg 26 and if there is anyway possible to get it to me I would be grateful.  On a side note, I found two words in my search that I noted that intrigued me, the first was OHKASOH JESUS Vol 1 p. 36 which means mother of jesus and UKCHEGOO'S Vol. 1 p. 211 which means December  and in parenthesis next to it was this (the greatest or most excellent month because Christmas comes in it) which would help prove the idea that the Lenape were Christians but by the time The Viking and the Redman was written the Lenape would have been exposed to Christianity, so there is  no way to tell whether or not these words came before the arrival of European settlers (i.e. the Dutch, Swede's, and English, not the Vikings) or after.

(Mike)

I will be going to my local library and will be taking out books by C.A. Weslager and Herbert Kraft.

I also will be looking into publications written by Eben Norton Horsford.

5/29/12
Craig: I went back and re-worked my 4.2 Stanza Drokvaett Scores for both Lenape and the Old Norse with still good results, but if anyone finds mistakes please let me know as I will surely fix them.
Key -- Alliteration (        ) will be underlined and rhymes will be in quotation marks ("")

Lenape

S          w          S          w          S          w

"wa"           "pa"          "lla"         new          "a"          sit

"a"          mag          "a"          mek         yu          ke

          "pu"          "yew"          we          mi          mik         .

Alit---3/6  Rym 4/6 = 7/6= 117%

Old Norse

S          w          S          w          S          w

ver          "pa"          "la"          at          new          "a"

si          id            meg            n          mok          rek

"ja"          "thaa"          hv          eim          meg          ir

Alit 2/6   Rym 3/6= 5/6 =83%

Also, today I started stanza 4.3 which reads: "Akhomenis michihaki wellaki kundokanup"  "While they were searching for the Snake Island, that great and fine land."  I started searching for Akhomenis in all 8 volumes to no avail so I broke Akhomenis up into three parts Akho Men Is and so far I have discovered some promising words for Akho the best so far being Ak8 from vol. 2 p. 4 (8 = oo,  so akoo).  I then began to search for Men but was only able to get through Volume 1 so far with monat on page 107 being the best choice.

Mike:

(Mike)

Archeological Evidence of Vikings in North America

According to Anthropologist Karri Springer, there are many stories that relate to the Vikings coming to North America. Over the centuries, many have come forward with evidence that yield proof of Viking existence in North America. However, most of this evidence is seen as invalid and considered to be elaborate hoaxes created by people with a lot of local pride. Examples of Viking evidence that is commonly debated is the Kensington Runestone, the Newport Tower, Dighton Rock. Scientific research commonly classifies these examples as hoaxes. However, Karri Springer, in her publication “The Fact and Fiction of Vikings in America” gives evidence of North American Viking remains that are not commonly labeled as hoaxes. According to Springer, a Viking coin was found at the Goddard prehistoric Native American site. This Viking coin dates back to 1070 A.D. This coin suggests trade among the Vikings and the Native Americans. There is also evidence that northern Native Americans had chess sets with European-dressed figurines. Furthermore, Thule villages yield evidence of iron usage (Springer, 66). Native Americans must have obtained their iron artifacts from the Vikings because the Vikings were the only foreign culture with the ability to have contact with the Native Americans. Springer implies that the most impressive evidence of Vikings in North America comes from the L’Anse aux Meadows site in Newfoundland. This is an actual Viking settlement in North America that is the home to eight walled structures and hundreds of Viking artifacts. Springer says that the radiocarbon date for this site is 1000 A.D. The artifacts found in Newfoundland are also very similar to the Viking artifacts of Greenland (Springer, 67). Viking sagas also tell stories of explorations on foreign lands to the west.

It is believed that the Vikings had increased their range of travel around 1,100 years ago. Due to the prosperity of their culture and warming trends, it is quite possible that the Vikings had migrated westward and established settlements in North America. Viking sagas talk about a place called Vinland, a place beyond Greenland where few have ever gone. Most places in these sagas can be identified; however, Vinland has never been able to be identified. However, according to a Canadian documentary posted on YouTube, Vinland is described in the sagas as a place full of wild grapes. The wild grapes discussed in the sagas could only be found in the eastern seaboard of North America (The Vinland Mystery Documentary). In 1960, indisputable proof of Vikings in North America came to light at L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada. Several Norse Viking pieces and clear Icelandic- style house foundations gave proof positive that Vikings had indeed landed, and briefly settled, in North America 500 years before Columbus.

Sources:

Springer, Karri. "The Fact and Fiction of Vikings in America." University of Nebraska: Department of Anthropology. Jan. 1999. Web. 29 May 2012. <http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1123&context=nebanthro>.

THE VINLAND MYSTERY. Youtube. National Film Board of Canada, 29 Jan. 2010. Web. 29 May 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4v9x2HYxcc>.

Documentary:

http://www.nfb.ca/film/vinland_mystery/

This short documentary depicts the search, discovery and authentication of the only known Norse settlement in North America - Vinland the Good. Mentioned in Icelandic manuscripts and speculated about for over two centuries, Vinland is known as "the place where the wild grapes grow" and was thought to be on the eastern coast between Virginia and Newfoundland. In 1960 a curious group of house mounds was uncovered at l'Anse aux Meadows in northern Newfoundland by Drs. Helge Ingstad and Anne Stine Ingstad of Norway. Added to the United Nations World Heritage List, l'Anse aux Meadows is considered one of the most important archaeological sites in the world.

5/22/12
Group met with Dr. Esposito to organize how the project will be run along with our scheduled meetings to take place on the Kean campus.  We defined our 4 major key objectives, Language Translations, Historical Basis, Archaeological Evidence, and DNA analysis and evidence. Also mentioned by Dr. Esposito were key experts who have work related to our key objectives to help in our research.


5/23/12  Progress
Craig: Continued with spreadsheet for Y words from The Viking and the Redman, also sent example of how to do the deciphering with the Drokvaett format to Rob.

(Mike)

Today I explored evidence that suggests that Europeans had originally migrated to the eastern side of North America during an Ice Age 20,000 years ago. The key evidence for this theory is the similarities between the tools that were used by the cultures of the Eastern Native Americans and those of the Western Europeans of about 20,000 years ago.

A book that supplies key evidence to the European migration theory is:
“Across Atlantic Ice: The Origins of America’s Clovis Culture” by Dennis Stanford and Bruce Bradley.

According to www.ucpress.edu, this publication is all about:
“Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea. The presence of these early New World people was established by distinctive stone tools belonging to the Clovis culture. But are the Clovis tools Asian in origin? Drawing from original archaeological analysis, paleoclimatic research, and genetic studies, noted archaeologists Dennis J. Stanford and Bruce A. Bradley challenge the old narrative and, in the process, counter traditional—and often subjective—approaches to archaeological testing for historical relatedness. The authors apply rigorous scholarship to a hypothesis that places the technological antecedents of Clovis in Europe and posits that the first Americans crossed the Atlantic by boat and arrived earlier than previously thought. Supplying archaeological and oceanographic evidence to support this assertion, the book dismantles the old paradigm while persuasively linking Clovis technology with the culture of the Solutrean people who occupied France and Spain more than 20,000 years ago.”

I came across an interesting lecture by Dr. Dennis Stanford, Curator of Archaeology and Chairman of the Anthropology Department at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. In his lecture, Stanford explains his theory on why he believes that Europeans had possibly came to North America 20,000 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY01NjND1jc&feature=related

            I also came across a documentary that defines reenacts the European migration to North America.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNTXCMYjwEk&feature=related

            My theory is simple. If evidence suggests that Europeans had migrated to North America 20,000 years ago, then it is quite possible that Europeans had also migrated during the era of the Vikings.