Bourne stone
The Bourne Stone is an archaeological curiosity located in the town of Bourne, Massachusetts.
The stone itself is a 300-pound chunk of granite, upon which two lines of carvings were made. According to the Archaeological Institute of America,[1] the stone likely began its journey into notoriety as a doorstep of a Native American meetinghouse around 1680, then bounced through several owners, landing at the Aptucxet Trading Post in Bourne about 1930. The stone has been displayed at the historical center since 2003.[2]
Barry Fell claimed in his 1977 book America B.C.: Ancient Settlers in the New World that the markings are in an Iberian script and language which he translates to "A proclamation of annexation. By this Hanno takes possession".[3]
In 2004, Larry J. Zimmerman explained his own theory about the Bourne Stone in Collaboration In Archaeological Practice: Engaging Descendant Communities. He invited Norse runic expert Michael Barnes[4] to examine the stone. Barnes stated that the markings were definitely not runic. Zimmerman and Patricia Emerson, Minnesota archaeologist, suggested that the markings looked like Native American petroglyphs.[5]
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