RE: Alt. Hist. request, Vikings make a go of the "New World"?
May 2, 2018 at 1:21 am
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2018 at 2:01 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 2, 2018 at 1:13 am)Tizheruk Wrote:No, it's not. It's a better field expedient structure (and I have a huge softspot for those...I want to be able to say that some field expedient x is better than viking age construction..but it's just not true). The internal and external features of an igloo are meant to serve the same function as monolithic cob/sod, or rubble construction (which had also been used to great effect in those latitudes -by- the natives). The latter are structurally superior and all of the benefits that come with that. The internal space of either sumps cold, the mass of the exterior/structural banks heat and prevents exposure. Not only do the r values favor masonry construction, masonry can be heated well above the melting point of water and it will bank and release that heat over time.
Not impressive and an igloo is still a better structure then both .
Quote:Were still their they are not . Nough said .They had no reason to be, and had much better places to go. Meanwhile, their houses are.....but you won't find many ancient igloos left over.
Quote:Were still using out tools not norse ones .Do you use steel or iron? Do you live in a snowhole? Do you not have a decent boat? Are you not relying on agricultural systems for sustenance? Conceeding that the norse were technologically superior to the inuit is the simple acceptance of the fact that technology literally thousands of years into the future and equally applicable is superior technology.
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