ANT210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Kensington Runestone, Runestone, Pseudoscience
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It"s not a research paper; write an assessment on a news story or one of the hoaxes in class. Research on whether they follow the rules of the hoax; research if they are using a scientific method or how they are fooling the public through pseudoscience. There are some excluded topics, which are listed on the assignment instruction. Olaf ohman is the one who found it and is the one who fabricated the hoax if he found it. Rune is the name that the vikings used for a script. There is a sketch showing the viking making it into the part of the world. They were trying to move the tree, and discovered it. There was no cameras or records showing proof. She wrote a book on the kensington rune stone. She did some archeological work at the site where the rune stone was found. There should be evidence of weapons, the tools used to carve the stone.
