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Kensington Runestone (MNopedia)

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This is the Minnesota Historical Society's own MNopedia reference article on the Kensington Runestone, summarizing both the scholarly runological rejection of its claimed fourteenth century origin and the stone's continued popular reception in Minnesota. Its strength is that it is a state historical society's vetted reference article, giving a concise and accurate account of the mainstream scholarly consensus. Its limit is that it is a summary encyclopedia entry rather than the original runological scholarship itself, so a claim needing the technical linguistic argument for the runestone's modern origin needs the underlying scholarly studies that this article summarizes.

Facts
Citation
Author
Minnesota Historical Society (MNopedia)
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society
Publication Year
2018
URL
https://www.mnhs.org/mnopedia/thing/kensington-runestone
Source Type
encyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
The Minnesota Historical Society's own vetted MNopedia reference article, a state historical society's summary encyclopedia entry rather than the original runological scholarship it summarizes, hence the middle tier.
Notes
State historical society reference article; summarises the runological rejection and the stone's reception.
Claims Backed By This Source (23 claims)

This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 2 popular myth - corrected. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Artifacts & Relics, 8 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 popular myth - corrected, 2 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
  • Articles, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
  • Custodians & Museums, 3 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 1 general references.

Scholarly debate

1

Custodians & Museums

Popular myth - corrected

2

Artifacts & Relics

Holds

3

Artifacts & Relics

Custodians & Museums

General References

2

Artifacts & Relics

Custodians & Museums

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