Word: settlements
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...political settlement failed...
...fact that the settlement was pushed through must also be seen in light of Kosovo. Once the U.S. was intervening so heavily in Kosovo, it was difficult for President Clinton to be seen to be turning his back on a disaster of this magnitude. So Washington began pushing for this peace process that wasn't particularly well thought out and solved no problem. But it kept the issue off Washington's agenda for a year, which was what they wanted. Rather than try and solve the problem, Washington simply wanted it to go away. The U.N. was incredibly na?ve...
Finding the settlement turned out to be absurdly easy. When the Ingstads asked the locals if there were any odd ruins in the area, they were taken to a place known as "the Indian camp." They immediately recognized the grass-covered ridges as Viking-era ruins like those in Iceland and Greenland...
...Anne Stine Ingstad, went to Newfoundland to explore a place identified on an Icelandic map from the 1670s as "Promontorium Winlandiae," near the small fishing village of L'Anse aux Meadows, in the province's northern reaches. They were certain that it marked the location of an ancient Norse settlement...
...configuration of the ruined buildings, the paucity of artifacts and garbage compared with those found at other sites, and the absence of a cemetery, stables and holding pens for animals have convinced Birgitta Linderoth Wallace, the site's official archaeologist, that L'Anse aux Meadows wasn't a permanent settlement and was used for perhaps less than 10 years...