Re: Challenge for naysayers of the Kensington Runestone

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 20:01:11 GMT, Philip Deitiker
<Donevenask@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Erik Hammerstad <egeha.is.all.you.need@xxxxxxxx> says in
>news:3n96e8FfpslU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
>> The report analyzes iron remains in Norse settlements but also
>> iron finds among Inuit remains. Excepting a few meterorite sorces
>> (especially among the Norse), all examined pieces that can be
>> traced are of European origin. Note that iron was a scarce
>> commodity among the Greenland Norse.
>
>Which goes to the point I was making, the 5 finger discounted iron
>sources.
>
>There were always exceptions but once the greenlanding and eastern
>Inuit had a taste for iron, then the ole ugly meteorite took on a
>more 'interesting' value.
>
The arctic is 'littered' with fragments of iron meteors and it would
be surprising if the inuit had not found a use for them before the
arrival of the norse.



Eric Stevens

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