Anne Stine Ingstad (11 February 1918 – 6 November 1997) was a Norwegian archaeologist who, along with her husband explorer Helge Ingstad, discovered the remains of a Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in the Canadian provinceofNewfoundland and Labrador in 1960.[1][2][3]
Anne Stine Ingstad
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Anne Stine Moe Ingstad at work, 1963
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| Born | Anne Kirstine Moe (1918-02-11)11 February 1918 |
| Died | 6 November 1997(1997-11-06) (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Known for | Archeology at L'Anse aux Meadows |
| Spouse | Helge Ingstad |
| Children | Benedicte Ingstad |
| Awards | Order of St. Olav |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Archaeology |
Anne Stine Moe was born and raised in Lillehammer, in Oppland county, Norway. Her parents were attorney Eilif Moe (1889–1954) and Louise Augusta Bauck Lindeman (1886–1966). Ingstad was the sister of Norwegian art historian and pianist, Ole Henrik Moe (1920– 2013). She married Helge Ingstad in 1941, after which she became his scientific collaborator.[4]
She studied archaeology at the University of Oslo in the 1950s. She took a master's degree in Nordic archeology in 1960. From 1960 to 1961, she was curator at the Norwegian Forestry Museum at Elverum.[2]
Between 1961 and 1968, Helge Ingstad and Anne Stine Ingstad conducted research resulting in the discoverery of settlement traces at L'Anse aux Meadows on the island of Newfoundland. They led an excavation of the settlement with an international team of archaeologists from Sweden, Iceland, Canada, U.S. and Norway. The excavation revealed the remains of an early 11th century Norse settlement. These remains included sod houses, a forge, cooking pits and boathouses. The settlement is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a National Historic Site of Canada.[5]
After she had become a state research fellow in 1977, Anne Stine Ingstad took up a new field of research, the processing of the textile finds from the Kaupang and Oseberg excavation sites. Following her research, together with archaeologist Bjørn Myhre and Professor Arne Emil Christensen, she wrote the book Osebergdronningens grav (1992).[5]
Anne Stine Ingstad died in November 1997 at the age of 79, leaving behind her 98-year-old husband Helge and their daughter Benedicte Ingstad, professor of medical anthropology at the University of Oslo.[7]