[SunkenCiv]

Students from Professor of Archeology and Ancient Technology Dorothy Hosler's class work on making the full-size authentic replica of a pre-Columbian South American balsa oceangoing raft on the Charles river. Here Leslie Dewan and Feng Wu work. (Credit: Photo / Donna Coveney)

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[ThanhPhero]

So what is Thor Heyerdahl, chopped liver?

[Paladin2]

Those deck planks appear to have been sawn and planed using modern equipment, including steel. Also the students were not likely consuming the diet of the people of the time.

Therefore it's totally BOGUS. ;-)

[theDentist]

...none had previously copied the ancient designs and materials so precisely. No modern materials were used in the construction.

Yet the photo shows Ms Dewan using nylon rope in the construction. Ha! who knew the pre-Columbians invented nylon?

[Mr Rogers]

I get the feeling the ‘reporter’ is a friend of the Professor...and taking what she says at face value.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080319114619.htm

I think the Kon-Tiki was probably more accurate, and certainly underwent a more severe test!

http://www.amazon.com/Kon-Tiki-Across-Pacific-Thor-Heyerdahl/dp/0848805275/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242398819&sr=1-1

[bert]

Hmmmm... were the students working for the professor paid minimum wage or were they actually slaves to her ambition?

[SunkenCiv]

:’) I hope someday we can all get along. :’)