Havmanden Artefacts Offer Different Kinds of Historical Evidence
A suggested ownership should remain qualified.
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In this lesson: Weigh physical evidence against a qualified ownership interpretation.
Grammar in this story: A cautious interpretation
suggests elite ownership
Suggests marks an inference from quality. It does not amount to proof of one named owner.
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Describe the evidential role of the rings and the limit of the shoe interpretation.
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The manillas connect the wreck with payments in the European slave trade. The fine shoe suggests an elite owner, but it does not establish that the owner was a governor.
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