Re: Kensington runestone in the Scandinavian press

Tom McDonald wrote:

Eric Stevens wrote:

On Fri, 3 Jun 2005 10:40:46 +0200, "Alaca" <P.Alaca@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


IEJ wrote:  iuSne.26286$d5.177005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,


The tree and the rootmarks have nothing to
do with the age of the stone as runestone.




The age of the root marks does set a minimum age for the carving of
the stone.


1. What is the age of the root marks? (Is there a way to determine this that is tested and accepted?)

    2. How long does it take for this kind of root mark to form?

    3. How long do root marks such as these last on stone?

IMHO, the root marks do not set a minimum age for the carving of the KRS if the marks can be formed in a matter of years. Also, if the marks can last for hundreds of years, there is no reason to uncritically accept that the root marks we see were formed ab initio from contact with the tree above the stone.

If we are damned, for our sins, to spiral down into yet another (annual?) full-tilt-boogie, stale, rancid and smelly KRS excursion, I'd at least like to get some of *my* questions answered.


The investigation in Stockholm concluded that the "root marks" would have needed "hundreds" of years to be formed. So definitely the aspen the KRS was found under did not make those marks.

Stevens (applauded by a source-less IEJ) knows this, so why is he trying to reincarnate a dead horse - that action definitely has a smell of intellectual dishonesty.
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