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Anne Stine Moe was born and raised in Lillehammer , Norway. She married Helge Ingstad in 1941 . She studied archaeology at the University Of Oslo in the 1950s. In 1960 her husband discovered settlement traces at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. Between 1961 and 1968, Anne Stine Ingstad led an excavation of the settlement with a team of archaeeologists from Sweden , Iceland , Canada , U.S. and Norway. The excavation revealed the remains of an early 11th Century Norse settlement. These remains included Sod House s, a Forge , Cooking Pit s and Boathouse s. The settlement is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a National Historic Site Of Canada . In the 1970s Anne Stine Ingstad worked on the textiles from the Kaupang and Oseberg excavations. Anne Stine Ingstad died in 1997 at the age of 79, leaving behind her 19 year older husband Helge and their daughter Benedicte. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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