In 1957 a European silver coin dating to the eleventh century was discovered at a Native American archaeological site in the state of Maine in the United States. Many people believed the coin had been originally brought to North America by European explorers known as the Norse, who traveled across the Atlantic Ocean and came into contact with Native Americans almost a thousand years ago.
However, some archaeologists believe that the coin is not a genuine piece of historical evidence but a historical fake: they think that the coin was placed at the site recently by someone who wanted to mislead the public. There are three main reasons why some archaeologists believe that the coin is not genuine historical evidence.
Great Distance from Norse Settlements
First, the Native American site in Maine where the coin was discovered is located very far from other sites documenting a Norse presence in North America. Remains of Norse settlements have been discovered in far eastern Canada. The distance between the Maine site and the Norse settlements in Canada is more than a thousand kilometers, suggesting the coin has no real connection with the settlements.
No Other Coins Found
A second problem is that no other coins have been found at the Canadian sites that were inhabited by the Norse. This suggests that the Norse did not bring any silver coins with them to their North American settlements.
No Use for European Coins
Third, the Norse who traveled to North America would have understood that silver coins would most likely be useless to them. Silver coins may have been in wide use in Europe at the time, but the Norse, as experienced explorers, would have known that native North Americans did not recognize silver coins as money.
There is an argument between North American archaeologists about genuity of a coin that discovered in the state of Maine in the United States. Some of these archaeologists believe that this coin is not a genuine piece of historical evidence. But some of them think in an opposite view.
The first explanation is about the great distance from the Norse settlements. The author indicates that there is a long way from the Norse settlements to the Maine site. This length is about one kilometer implies that there is a very low probability that the coin is related to the Norse. In the opposite state, the lecturer explains that the Norse travel around North America. They transferred so many objects, not only the coins. So this coin can belong to the Norse.
Secondly, the author alludes to this fact that there was not another coin in the Maine site. It can be induced that this evidence is not reliable. On the other hand, the lecturer accounts for the travelings of the Norse from Europe to America and vice versa. Therefore, there is a probability that one of these travelers when they were packing, has left or lost a coin there.
Thirdly, the author indicates that the North who traveled to North America did not use the silver coins as currency. Although Europeans use the silver as fiat money, but not the North.
But on the contrary, the lecturer explains that it may the North use the silver coins for their beauty in their neckless or the other jewelries.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 270, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...al evidence. But some of them thinks in a opposit view. First explanation is a...
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Line 3, column 179, Rule ID: ONE_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use the numeral 'one' with plural words. Did you mean 'one kilometer', 'a kilometer', or simply 'kilometers'?
Suggestion: one kilometer; a kilometer; kilometers
...nts to Maine site. This length is about one kilometers that implies there is a very low probab...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, may, second, secondly, so, therefore, third, thirdly, on the contrary, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 28.0 30.3222958057 92% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1210.0 1373.03311258 88% => OK
No of words: 257.0 270.72406181 95% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.70817120623 5.08290768461 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.00390054096 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.50771493512 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 125.0 145.348785872 86% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.486381322957 0.540411800872 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 384.3 419.366225166 92% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 6.0 8.23620309051 73% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 31.9339528363 49.2860985944 65% => OK
Chars per sentence: 75.625 110.228320801 69% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.0625 21.698381199 74% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.25 7.06452816374 88% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.27373068433 234% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.27247237792 0.272083759551 100% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0835816471092 0.0996497079465 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.069114840852 0.0662205650399 104% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.147766676 0.162205337803 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.04541550397 0.0443174109184 102% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 8.8 13.3589403974 66% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 63.7 53.8541721854 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.4 11.0289183223 76% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.74 12.2367328918 80% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.26 8.42419426049 86% => OK
difficult_words: 46.0 63.6247240618 72% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 68.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.5 Out of 30
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