The Unicorn
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Thorfinn Karlsefn went Viking and settled in New Foundland, a few years later they left with no lasting impression, but what if they lasted a few more years and ended up teaching some basic iron working to the locals (a slave used for working the smithy, a smith forced to flee to the locals, whatever).
Without horses, oxen or more advanced farming techniques the tribes will still be semi nomadic, but iron spear and arrow points are far superior to so they'll make the adjustments needed to accommodate smiths with their (far less portable than flint knapers) equipment, and the knowledge of iron working will spread.
What do you think Europeans will find when they show up in the 1500s?
Without horses, oxen or more advanced farming techniques the tribes will still be semi nomadic, but iron spear and arrow points are far superior to so they'll make the adjustments needed to accommodate smiths with their (far less portable than flint knapers) equipment, and the knowledge of iron working will spread.
What do you think Europeans will find when they show up in the 1500s?