D-E Complex Plan
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Hall D had only one living room, III. It had the usual wooden platforms along the side walls and perhaps along the southern wall. A longfire was in the middle of the floor. Burnt bones were found here. The only one that could be identified was the vertebra of a large cod. At the edge of the fireplace was a small ember box of slate.
A broken bone needle was found in the fireplace.
Masses of carpentry waste outside the door of room II indicates the presence of carpenters. They may have lived or worked in this room.
Room I had no features or cultural deposits, a typical storage room. Whatever was stored here left no traces so it must have been dry goods, or something stored in containers or hanging on the walls.
The total floor space in hall D was about 88 square m or 950 square feet. Modest by L’Anse aux Meadows standards, it was still much bigger than Erik the Red’s hall in Iceland.
Unlike the two other halls on the site, it had no private sleeping quarters.
Hut E
Hut E was a small square hut with a stone oven in the northeast corner. The location of the door could not be determined. The oven was a box made of slate slabs. Nineteen 19 fist-sized stones in the northwest corner may have been weights, either for a fish net or a loom. In Iceland, women lived and worked in huts like these.
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Hall D had only one living room, III. It had the usual wooden platforms along the side walls and perhaps along the southern wall. A longfire was in the middle of the floor. Burnt bones were found here. The only one that could be identified was the vertebra of a large cod. At the edge of the fireplace was a small ember box of slate.
A broken bone needle was found in the fireplace.
Masses of carpentry waste outside the door of room II indicates the presence of carpenters. They may have lived or worked in this room.
Room I had no features or cultural deposits, a typical storage room. Whatever was stored here left no traces so it must have been dry goods, or something stored in containers or hanging on the walls.
The total floor space in hall D was about 88 square m or 950 square feet. Modest by L’Anse aux Meadows standards, it was still much bigger than Erik the Red’s hall in Iceland.
Unlike the two other halls on the site, it had no private sleeping quarters.
Hut E
Hut E was a small square hut with a stone oven in the northeast corner. The location of the door could not be determined. The oven was a box made of slate slabs. Nineteen 19 fist-sized stones in the northwest corner may have been weights, either for a fish net or a loom. In Iceland, women lived and worked in huts like these.
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Source: , , , Vis-à-Vis Graphics, "Plan de l'ensemble D-E," 2006. Notes: La halle D n’avait qu’une seule salle de séjour (III). Elle contenait les plateformes usuelles le long des murs et il y en avait peut-être une longeant le mur sud. Il y avait un « long feu » au milieu du plancher. On a trouvé des ossements calcinés à cet endroit. Le seul qui a pu être identifié est la vertèbre d'une grosse morue. On y a aussi trouvé une aiguille brisée faite en os. Près de l’âtre se trouvait une petite boîte en ardoise pour les tisons. Une grande quantité de déchets de menuiserie à l’extérieur de la porte de la pièce II indique que des menuisiers y habitaient ou y travaillaient. La pièce I ne montre aucune caractéristique et ne contient aucun dépôt culturel. C’était un lieu d’entreposage typique. Ce qui y a été entreposé n’a laissé aucune trace. Cela devait donc être des marchandises sèches ou quelque chose qui était entreposé dans des contenants ou qui pendaient des murs. La surface totale du plancher de la halle D est d'environ 88 mètres carrés ou 950 pieds carrés. Bien que modeste en comparaison avec les autres halles de L'Anse aux Meadows, elle était tout de même beaucoup plus grande que la halle d’Eirik le Rouge en Islande. Au contraire des deux autres halles trouvées sur le site, elle ne contenait pas de pièce privée. La halle E était une petite hutte carrée contenant un foyer en pierre dans le coin nord-est. L’emplacement de la porte n’a pu être déterminé. L’âtre était une boîte en ardoise. Dans le coin nord-ouest, on a trouvé 19 pierres de la grosseur d’un poignet qui auraient pu servir de poids pour retenir un filet de pêche ou pour un métier à tisser. En Islande, les femmes vivaient et travaillaient dans des huttes comme celle-ci.