Mesolithic Scholar Happy to Get High
Category: Archaeology
"I dug as if in a trance, and suddenly something glinted -- unbelievably: quartz, super quality quartz!"
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 6 Comments •
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Martin Rundkvist's blog. Archaeology, skepticism, Sweden. And books and music and stuff.
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Dr. Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, skeptic, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two.
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Good Blog Carnivals
July 31, 2007
July 30, 2007
What is Emo Anyway?
Category: Music
I felt I should find out a little about this recent mass-market outgrowth of the hardcore punk scene.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 10 Comments •
July 29, 2007
Blog Carnival Call for Submissions
Category: Archaeology
Wednesday 1 August the will see the Four Stone Hearth blog carnival appear in all its archaeo/anthro glory.
Posted by Martin R at 5:08 PM • 0 Comments •
Red River Hog
Category: Biology
These cool-looking omnivores make their home in sub-Saharan Africa.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 4 Comments •
July 28, 2007
Elvis in Brighton
Category: Humour
The host parents were allegedly heavily inebriated every day.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 4 Comments •
July 27, 2007
Molluscum Contagiosum
Category: Children
Dear Reader, what is my responsibility here?
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 33 Comments •
July 26, 2007
Those Haunting Memories
Category: Archaeology
At the mention of the word "wanker", the speaker suffered a full-body spasm.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 13 Comments •
July 25, 2007
Greatest Hits
Category: Blogging
The ten most-read non-carnival Aard entries since 1 January.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 7 Comments •
July 24, 2007
Swedish Heritage Board: "We Have Abandoned All Scientific Ambition"
Category: Archaeology
"You have no privileged position with us just because you do research at a university."
Posted by Martin R at 5:35 AM • 26 Comments •
July 23, 2007
Media Kick Swedish Heritage Board in Groin
Category: Archaeology
Kajsa Althén of the National Heritage Board has abdicated her responsibility at Ales stenar.
Posted by Martin R at 7:43 AM • 26 Comments •
July 22, 2007
Carnival of the Godless 71
Category: Skepticism
A bi-weekly roundup of godless blogging from around the net.
Posted by Martin R at 3:22 AM • 10 Comments •
July 21, 2007
All Statements are Relative Except This One
Category: Skepticism
Jesus and Mo rule!
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 1 Comments •
July 20, 2007
Viking Hoard Found in Yorkshire
Category: Archaeology
Amateur metal detectorists made the find and immediately notified the authorities.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 3 Comments •
July 19, 2007
Swedish Heritage Board Shoots Self in Foot
Category: Archaeology
It is one of Sweden's most publicised battles between skeptics and woo-mongers.
Posted by Martin R at 1:28 PM • 28 Comments •
Faith-Based Cactus Care
Category: Biology
The thing to note here is that I didn't know what I was doing.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 12 Comments •
July 18, 2007
Kilnaughton Abbey
Category: Archaeology
From that soft-spoken friend of all Sweden's little idiosyncracies, Paddy K, a fresh cell phone snapshot of Kilnaughton abbey in Tarbert, County Kerry, south-west Ireland. The ruins are 600 years old and the site is still in use as...
Posted by Martin R at 12:38 PM • 6 Comments •
Beachcombing the Shores of Time
Category: Archaeology
Over at my buddy Frans-Arne's blog Arkeologi i Nord I found a great quotation from Norwegian archaeologist and anti-Nazi politician Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (1884-1951):"Det vi vet er så uendelig lite mot det som er hendt. Arkeologen er som den som...
Posted by Martin R at 11:23 AM • 3 Comments •
The Ever-Present Past: Your Nearest Site
Category: Carnival
Our planet's entire surface is a cultural landscape, a single humongous archaeological site.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 4 Comments •
July 17, 2007
Singularity and AI Free Will
Category: Tech
"What if the machines don't feel like improving themselves."
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 17 Comments •
July 16, 2007
De-Lurking Week
Category: Blogging
"De-Lurking" is to come out into the light of on-line day, however briefly.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 35 Comments •
Uppåkra Produces Marvels
Category: Archaeology
Digs like these make most sites that Swedish archaeologists spend their time on look like a complete waste of resources!
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 4 Comments •
July 15, 2007
Pugh & Co Rock Stockholm
Category: Music
They rocked! Really good drumming and blues guitar, tightly rehearsed.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 4 Comments •
July 14, 2007
Swedish Right-Wing Populist Receives Zionist Award
Category: Sweden
The WZO realised that their net had caught a somewhat unusual breed of young political activist.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 4 Comments •
July 13, 2007
Oh Man, Civilized Again
Category: Gaming
I've even played it with house rules and a home-made alternative map.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 23 Comments •
July 12, 2007
Ebba During Remembered by Colleagues
Category: Archaeology
Ebba During: an appreciation by her colleagues.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 0 Comments •
July 11, 2007
Carnival Knowledge
Category: Archaeology
Alun at Clioaudio has done an excellent job of tracking down good archaeo & anthro material for the 18th Four Stone Hearth blog carnival. The 19th 4SH will appear at Sherd Nerd on Wednesday 18 July. Submit good stuff (your...
Posted by Martin R at 4:40 PM • 2 Comments •
Left On Shelf, Not Six Feet Under
Category: Archaeology
There is no natural way to handle a corpse.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 8 Comments •
Hurried Robbers
Category: Skepticism
After receiving confusing replies, the two men left, running.
Posted by Martin R at 6:22 AM • 3 Comments •
July 10, 2007
Merovingian Motorway at Grez-Doiceau
Category: Archaeology
"The archaeological remains are all gone. I pass here every day on this new stretch of road when I go to work."
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 0 Comments •
Carrot-Eating Video Game Zombies
Category: Children
To get kids to eat veggies, hand them out while they play video games.
Posted by Martin R at 7:46 AM • 3 Comments •
July 9, 2007
Funding Envy, Not Physics Envy
Category: Archaeology
I chose between archaeology and astronomy (basically fantasy vs. science fiction).
Posted by Martin R at 1:43 PM • 3 Comments •
July 8, 2007
Book-On-Demand at the Tobacconist's
Category: Books
The paper output/backup-storage device we call "a book" will be produced swiftly by a dedicated machine.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 7 Comments •
July 7, 2007
Book Review: Moore, The Swap
Category: Books
A humorous tale about being startled out of complacency and boredom.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 0 Comments •
July 6, 2007
Brief Mountain Summer
Category: Biology
Everything hurries to bloom and procreate before the cold and snow returns.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 7 Comments •
July 5, 2007
Tangled Bank 83
Category: Carnival
All of science -- natural, social and historical -- is just a bunch of adjunct disciplines to the study of societies of the past.
Posted by Martin R at 3:05 AM • 6 Comments •
July 4, 2007
Tangled Bank Appears Thursday
Category: Blogging
Gone mountain hiking with this babe I met at a party eight years ago. The Tangled Bank blog carnival will be one day late....
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 4 Comments •
July 3, 2007
The Metamorphosis of Restaurant Island
Category: Sweden
Nedergårdsholmen was where Wallenberg had his palatial restaurant built.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 2 Comments •
July 2, 2007
A Forest Fire on the Outermost Isles
Category: Archaeology
Ancient lithics scatters were everywhere, peeping out of the scorched earth.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 11 Comments •
July 1, 2007
Call for Submissions
Category: Blogging
Time to get those ace blog entries written!
Posted by Martin R at 5:48 AM • 6 Comments •
