# The weathering is consistent with burial and exposure since the late nineteenth century.

> Still possible: The weathering is consistent with burial and exposure since the late nineteenth century.

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# The weathering is consistent with burial and exposure since the late nineteenth century.

The weathering is consistent with burial and exposure since the late nineteenth century.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Groove profiles match those on dated nineteenth-century carvings in similar rock and soil.

## What would rule it out

- Calibrated comparison puts the grooves outside the range for a century of weathering.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Relative depth of calcite and greywacke runes was read as about 130 years of wear.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/evidence/EVD0CT1HZZC56DX/relative-depth-of-calcite-and-greywacke-runes-was-read-as)

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## The questions it answers

[Does the weathering of the grooves show the inscription is old?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/questions/QST0CT1HVAY1BW1/does-the-weathering-of-the-grooves-show-the-inscription-is)

Part of [When was the inscription carved?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/questions/QST0CT1HTVA12MW/when-was-the-inscription-carved)

Most likelyWithout a calibrated rate for this rock and setting, the weathering cannot date the carving

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The weathering is consistent with burial and exposure since the late nineteenth century. [Answer ANS0CT1HZQJ4A37]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CT1HZQJ4A37
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