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Martin Rundkvist's blog. Archaeology, skepticism, Sweden. And books and music and stuff.

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Martin Rundkvist Dr. Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, skeptic, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two.

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February 28, 2007

Swedish Skeptical Anthology

Category: Skepticism

My friend Jesper Jerkert has edited a volume of skeptical essays, most culled from Folkvett, the Swedish skeptic quarterly we both help co-edit. This handsome book is just out from the Stockholm publishing house Leopard, whose head hombre Dan Israel...

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February 27, 2007

A Place To Rest Yer Bones

Category: Archaeology

"Unbelievable that things like these are still around!"

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February 26, 2007

Psychedelic Undies

Category: Psychedelic

Sex sells, so here's a pic of my new psychedelic undies.

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Send Me Archaeopix Please

Category: Archaeology

I like to publish good archaeological pix.

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February 25, 2007

Paddy K's Swedish Extravaganza

Category: Blogging

What you need is a blog written from Stockholm by a humorous, skeptical Irishman.

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Brussels Declaration

Category: NOIBN

Should the future Constitution of the European Union make reference to Christian values?

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Oscarian Archaeology Journal On-Line

Category: Archaeology

An item of particular interest to Scandinavian archaeologists and historians at Project Runeberg is an almost complete run of Antiqvarisk Tidskrift.

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February 24, 2007

Gold Bractate Inscriptions

Category: Archaeology

Alu, lathu, laukaR!

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Hominin Dental Anthropology

Category: Archaeology

Jason, I want to see your skinny ass on the next Four Stone Hearth.

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February 23, 2007

Lovecraftian Horror in Guatemala

Category: Books

The Great Old Ones are stirring in their sleep beneath Guatemala City.

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February 22, 2007

Book Review: Lönn, Uppdragsarkeologi och forskning

Category: Archaeology

Contract archaeologists should be proud of their work and accept no shit from anyone who sees themself as superior.

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February 21, 2007

Viking Period Barrow Report On-Line

Category: Sweden

We secured samples that allowed radiocarbon dating to the Early Viking Period.

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February 20, 2007

Style II Disc Brooch

Category: Archaeology

The best archaeological finds are made in museum stores.

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February 18, 2007

Rosie Lugosi at the Hootchy Kootchy Club

Category: Music

Rosie Lugosi out-timcurried Tim Curry himself, singing filk versions of disco songs with horror-cliché themes.

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Star Wars Lego Girls

Category: Children

Luke Skywalker's grandma, mother and sister were the same person to him.

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February 16, 2007

Nuke Power May Be OK For A While More

Category: Environment

Nuke plants should preferrably be in areas with well-educated and socially privileged inhabitants.

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Pan's Labyrinth

Category: Film

The plot is driven entirely by the pointless cruelty of a psychopath.

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February 15, 2007

History Carnival 48

Category: History

It's high time for a first History Carnival here at ScienceBlogs.

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Jack Bixby, Skeptical Investigator

Category: Skepticism

The 54th Skeptics' Circle blog carnival is up at Action Skeptics. Akusai has put some serious work into it this time, weaving a hard-boiled tale of Jack Bixby, Skeptical Investigator around the submissions. Is that a gun in your pocket,...

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February 14, 2007

Never Mind CO2, What About Radioactive Waste?

Category: Environment

The climate issue does not compare to the issue of radioactive waste.

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Uppland, Sweden, 2350 BC

Category: Archaeology

Get this excavation report for inspiration.

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"Shit Happens", says Norwegian Doctor

Category: Skepticism

Simple bad luck is what makes you ill.

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February 13, 2007

Pay to Dig in Bulgaria

Category: Archaeology

How about paying to participate in a Roman Period dig in Bulgaria this summer? I've been asked to help promote the Bulgarian Archaeological Association's 2007 Field School. This really takes me back. I paid for food and board on...

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Sweden, Highly Recommended

Category: Sweden

Which neighbouring country should Sweden invade first?

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February 12, 2007

Jim Benton on the Atheist / Agnostic Issue

Category: Skepticism

One miraculous cure by a Protestant faith healer would invalidate not just Catholicism, but any group that has theological differences with that preacher.

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Neo-Pagans Demand Reburial

Category: Archaeology

I don't think neo-paganism is any more silly than Christianity or Islam, but I do think it's really, really, really silly.

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Stockholm Art Shows

Category: Art

Work by Sally Mann, Henrik Saxgren and Alphonse Mucha is on display in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Skamby 2005 Boat Grave Report On-Line

Category: Archaeology

Full illustrated report on-line of recent Swedish Viking Period boat grave excavation.

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February 10, 2007

Stockholm Archaeological Museum RSS Feed

Category: Archaeology

The incomparable net-head archaeologist Ulf Bodin directs the highly successful work to put the collections of the Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm (Statens Historiska Museum) on-line. Off and on over the past year, I've worked through the scanned catalogues...

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February 9, 2007

New Study on Cannabis as Gateway Drug

Category: Psychedelic

Stoner rats display brain changes and graduate to smack.

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Viking Period Amber Gaming Pieces

Category: Archaeology

I believe that each player owned his pieces, and that when it was time to sit down for a game of hnefatafl, each player took out his own set.

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February 8, 2007

New Apples in Stereo Album

Category: Music

Robert Schneider, one of my favourite neopsychedelic musicians, has a new album out, this time with his main band again, The Apples in Stereo. His previous album Expo was issued in 2005 with The Marbles and is an excellent...

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February 7, 2007

Winter Dig Blues

Category: Archaeology

A buddy of mine sent me a reminder today of why I am happy to not be a contract archaeologist. It's twelve below zero centigrade around here, and still a number of unfortunate Linköping colleagues are out digging. And...

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February 6, 2007

Village of Shame and Honour

Category: Archaeology

In recent years I've been involved in some archaeological fieldwork at Skamby in Kuddby parish, Östergötland, Sweden. I like to get a handle on the names of places where I work, what they mean, how they used to be...

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February 5, 2007

Mooney & Sokal

Category: Skepticism

Here's a must-read for anyone interested in the integrity of science, in the face both of post-modern hyperrelativism and of politically motivated distortion. It's a succinct op-ed in the L.A. Times co-written by Chris Mooney, author of The Republican War...

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Narrow-Gauge Mind

Category: Archaeology

Many people who excel at something do so by concentrating on a few tightly defined areas of interest. A colleague of mine once explained to me that she has a narrow-gauge mind (Sw. smalspårig). I like that expression a lot:...

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February 4, 2007

My Parental M.O.

Category: Children

I love my kids and a lot of that affection spills over on their friends as well. But I'm not the kind of dad who finds children's games very entertaining. I rarely even pretend to enjoy them. In my opinion,...

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Carnival of the Godless 59

Category: Carnival

Dear Cultists, welcome to the Temple of Godlessness that is Aardvarchaeology. I will be your High Priest this evening, introducing the latest and greatest blog writing on the subject of Above Us Only Sky. Sisters and brothers, let us...

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February 3, 2007

La Grange

Category: Music

For about a week, the relentless riff from ZZ Top's 1973 hit song "La Grange" has been playing in my head. Such a great, great song, not least the powerful and exact drumming. And the vocals are really funny,...

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February 2, 2007

What's Ailing Grandpa Surisvatay?

Category: Health

With mounting frustration, I'm watching an attempt to secure adequate health care for an elderly relative turn into something that looks a lot like a failed foreign aid project....

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Barrow Building Rituals

Category: Archaeology

Sun Spurge My friend Dr Jens Heimdahl is a Renaissance man. He's a quaternary geologist, an urban archaeologist, a palaeobotanist, a talented painter and a writer of essays on weird literature. He's co-translated Lovecraft's novella The Dream-Quest of Unknown...

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February 1, 2007

Marriage, Money and Shared Expenses

Category: Introspection

One thing I've never fought about with my ex-wife nor my wife is money. This is no mean feat asBoth ladies are somewhat Bohemian souls with a taste for fine shoes and ladies' fashion. I have never made much...

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