Anne Stine Ingstad (11 February 1918 – 6 November 1997) was aNorwegianarchaeologist who, along with her husband explorerHelge Ingstad, discovered the remains of aNorse settlement atL'Anse aux Meadows in theCanadian province ofNewfoundland and Labrador in 1960.^[1][2][3]

Anne Stine Ingstad
Anne Stine Moe Ingstad at work, 1963
Born	Anne Kirstine Moe (1918-02-11)11 February 1918 Lillehammer,Oppland,Norway
Died	6 November 1997(1997-11-06) (aged 79) Oslo,Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Alma mater	University of Oslo
Known for	Archeology atL'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 inLillehammer, inOppland 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 theUniversity 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 atElverum.^[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.

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  Monument to Helge Ingstad and Anne Stine
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  L'Anse aux Meadows Historical Site
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  Norse silhouette sculpture
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  Meeting of Two Worlds sculpture

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 theKaupang andOseberg excavation sites. Following her research, together with archaeologistsBjørn Myhre andArne Emil Christensen jr. [no], she wrote the bookOsebergdronningens grav (1992).^[5]

• In 1969, Anne Stine Ingstad was awarded anHonorary Doctorate byMemorial University of Newfoundland.
• The Helge and Anne Stine Ingstad Building on the St. John's Campus of theMemorial University of Newfoundland is named after her and her husband.^[3]
• In 1992, she was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate at theUniversity of Bergen.^[2]
• She was a commander of theOrder of St. Olav and was made a member of theNorwegian Academy of Science from 1990.^[2]
• She appeared with her husband in the 1984National Film Board of Canada documentaryThe Vinland Mystery.^[6]

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 theUniversity of Oslo.^[7]

• Ingstad, Helge; Ingstad, Anne Stine (2001).The Viking Discovery of America: The Excavation of a Norse Settlement in L'Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland. Checkmark Books.ISBN 0-8160-4716-2.

• L’Anse au Meadows National Historic Site of Canada