1st millennium in Canada
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Events from the first millennium AD in Canada.
[edit] Events
- c. 175 AD: Funeral offerings in graves at the Norton Mounds in Michigan are elaborate. Materials imported from great distances indicate vigorous trade.
- c. 500 AD: The Thule people arrive in Alaska
- c. 550 AD: In the Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes areas, Woodland peoples construct their burial mounds in the shape of birds or animals.
- c. 985-1014 AD: Norsemen led by Leif Ericson, son of Erik the Red, set up outposts in North America like L'Anse aux Meadows and encounter Eskimos, Beothuks, and Micmacs.
[edit] Further reading
- Matthews, Geoffrey J (1987 Volume 1). Historical atlas of Canada, From the beginning to 1800. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802024955. http://books.google.ca/books?id=itsTLSnw8qgC&lpg=PP1&dq=Historical%20Atlas%20of%20Canada&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true.