Croningen University researcher receives $ 2 million for study of European influence in the United States before Columbus

Michael Dee, a researcher at the University of Groningen, has received a personal grant of two million euros from the European Research Council (ERC). The associate professor of the isotope chronology will be allowed to use the money for new research on the influence of Europeans on the American continent in the period prior to its discovery by Columbus.

Dee is the second researcher to receive such a large research grant this year, along with Peter van der Meir (UMCG). Tea research is not new to the world. Last October, he and his colleagues made headlines worldwide in 1021 AD when they discovered that Europeans already existed on the American continent.

This study will continue with the money. A wonderful technique for dating solar storms is exploring where, when, how long Europeans migrated to the United States before Columbus, who they may have met, and whether these first Atlantic contacts had a lasting impact.

The research project will be carried out at the University of Groningen over the next five years.