Viking Cat References

August 16, 2005

Categories: The Viking Cats

These are the references and credits for the Viking Cats research.

Much of the research for this has been carried out online. Wherever possible, demonstrably trustworthy and hopefully authoritative sources have been used: Journals such as Science, Nature and the sites of insitutions such as the Smithsonian. In other cases, and especially where references are to specimen or out-of-print sources, I've tried to make sure that corroboratory information is available from multiple sources, without their appearing to be direct copies of each other. Where Wikipedia contains a useful reference, I've tended to provide that here – as a collaboratively edited source, outlandish or inaccurate references tend to be edited out very quickly.

Illustrations:

All modern Maine Coon photographs are by the author, and of his cats.

• P1: Brocstar Zarniwoop.
• P2 (top): Brocstar Zarniwoop.
• P2 (lower): Brocstar Nefertari.
• P3: 1900 "Leo" Maine Coon - http://www.pawpeds.com/pawacademy/history/thebookofthecat/aboutmainecoons/
• P6: Viking Voyages Map: Smithsonian Institution.
• P6: Greenlanders' Saga Picture: Smithsonian Institution.

References in Paper:

• 1. Maine Coon Breed profile.
• 2. Norwegian Forest Cat Breed profile.
• 3. Siberian Cat Breed profile.
• 4. Feline Breed Diversity Project, UC Davis
• 5. Cat Genome Project, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland.
• 6. Maine climate records.
• 7. Marie Antoinette and her Smuggled Cats.
• 8. The Real Captain Clough.
• 9. The Azilum Exile Colony.
• 10. History of Skowhegan Fair.
• 11. American Naturalist Letter, 1871.
• 12. Comte de Buffon's Natural History.
• 13. Polydactylism.
• 33. The Book of the Cat, Simpson, Chapter xxviii, by F. R. Pierce, Pub. Cassell and Company Limited 1903. Reproduced at: http://www.pawpeds.com/pawacademy/history/thebookofthecat/aboutmainecoons/
• 14. Feline Breed Diversity results.
• 15. Snorre Sturlason's "Younger Edda".
• 16. Vinland settlement from Greenland.
• 17. Peter Clausson Friis.
• 18. Vinland Sagas.
• 19. The History of the Archbishops of Hamberg, Adam of Bremen, 1075.
• 20. Book of The Icelanders. Ari the Wise, 1122-1133.
• 21. Population of Hóp.
• 22. Ingstad, Anne Stine and Helge Ingstad (1986) The Norse Discovery of America. 2 vols:
• Volume 1: Excavations at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland 1961-1968 430 pp., illus., Oslo: The Norwegian University Press (reissue of Anne Stine Ingstad's 1977 "The discovery of a Norse Settlement in America. Excavations at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland 1961-1968").
• Volume 2: The Historical Background and the Evidence of the Norse Settlement Discovered in Newfoundland. 573 pp., illus., Oslo: The Norwegian University Press.
• 23. Kyhre penny.
• 24. Runestones in North America:
• a) Kensington Runestone.
• b) Heavener Norse Runestone
• 25. Feline remains at Viking Burials.
• 26. Viking burial, with cats, at Boston (false claim).
• 27. Ancient American Magazine, Vol. 7, Issue 47 (very suspect).
• 28. L'Anse Aux Meadows (Parks Canada):
• a) L'Anse Aux Meadows. The archaeological collection contains approximately 800 artifacts, 300 animal bones and other specimens. Except for those on exhibit, the archaeological artifacts and specimens are curated in the Atlantic Service Centre archaeological storage facility.
• b) Analysis of Bone Remains from L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. 1977 Unpublished report for Parks Canada by Anne M. Rick, Head, Zooarchaeological Identification Centre, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa.
• c) Identifications of Calcined Bone from L'Anse aux Meadows. Unpublished report for Parks Canada February 1990 by Dr. Arthur E. Spiess, Maine Historic Preservation Commission. Halifax: Parks Canada Atalntic Service Centre.
• 29. Cat Genome Project, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland.
• 30. Feline Breed Diversity Project, UC Davis.
• 31. Adalsteinsson, S. and B. Blumenberg. 1983. Possible Norse Origin for two Northeastern United States cat populations. Z. Tierzuchtg. Zuchtgsbiol. 100: 161-174.
• 32. Reconstructed dog species.

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