Prof Steve Hits Scandinavia
Category: Humour
Professor Steve Steve is on tour in Scandinavia.
Posted by Martin R at 10:21 AM • 11 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
August 31, 2007
Jonathan's Mortuary House
Category: Archaeology
He's turned all his data and 14 years of thinking about the site into a pop-sci book for kids!
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 8 Comments •
August 30, 2007
Anthro Blog Carnival
Category: Archaeology
Archaeology and anthropology to send you spinning into space like a SPACE APE.
Posted by Martin R at 11:40 AM • 0 Comments •
Skeptics' Circle 68
Category: Skepticism
Skepticism means to not believe anything without good reason.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 3 Comments •
August 29, 2007
The Intelligence of Game-Playing Software
Category: Gaming
If you talk to present-day software you soon become aware that there's no intelligence in the box.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 22 Comments •
I'm the Carnie, You're the Side Show
Category: Skepticism
Tomorrow, 30 August, Aard will be the site of the 68th Skeptics' Circle blog carnival. Please submit good skeptical writing to me! Today, the Four Stone Hearth blog carnival will be held at Hominin Dental Anthropology. If that isn't a...
Posted by Martin R at 3:15 AM • 0 Comments •
August 28, 2007
Sado Moss
Category: Humour
You of course know that there's a rare moss named Anomodon attenuatus.
Posted by Martin R at 4:09 PM • 15 Comments •
Ernie Alarm Clock
Category: Children
A 1970s Sesame Street alarm clock!
Posted by Martin R at 9:45 AM • 1 Comments •
Michael Shanks on Seed Salon
Category: Archaeology
An obscurantist jargon-spewer, academic joker and opponent of rationalist science.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 19 Comments •
August 27, 2007
Howard Williams Studies Memorials
Category: Archaeology
The memorial consists of a World War II U.S. Sherman tank that sank during practices for the D-Day landings.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 2 Comments •
August 26, 2007
Picking Nits in English
Category: Language
Don't even get me started on how bad native English speakers are at faking King James Bible grammar.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 34 Comments •
August 25, 2007
Carl Michael Bellman's Butterfly
Category: Books
At Haga, the butterfly can be seen making its green home...
Posted by Martin R at 3:14 PM • 6 Comments •
August 24, 2007
Going to Trondheim
Category: Archaeology
The Sachsensymposium is the main conference for archaeologists working with post-Roman, pre-Viking Northern Europe.
Posted by Martin R at 12:49 PM • 11 Comments •
August 23, 2007
So You Want to Write Interactive Fiction?
Category: Gaming
I've got to check out what kind of text adventures people are writing these days!
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 15 Comments •
August 22, 2007
Late Medieval Seal Matrix
Category: Archaeology
Medieval seal matrices are rare finds, and when they do turn up they tend to be in pieces.
Posted by Martin R at 3:16 PM • 6 Comments •
August 21, 2007
The Antiquity Photography Prize
Category: Archaeology
... a cash prize awarded for the best archaeological photograph ...
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 0 Comments •
August 20, 2007
Howard Williams Invites You to his Tudor Manor
Category: Archaeology
The roof was of slate with decorated ceramic ridge tiles.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 1 Comments •
August 18, 2007
Afro-Chinese History Manipulation
Category: History
She's living proof of the long-standing peaceful contacts between China and Africa!
Posted by Martin R at 9:35 AM • 12 Comments •
August 17, 2007
Godless Sweden
Category: Skepticism
...how godless Swedish public discourse is...
Posted by Martin R at 10:42 AM • 105 Comments •
Prized Possessions
Category: Introspection
Which of my stuff would I try to rescue if the house caught fire?
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 18 Comments •
August 16, 2007
Original Text Adventure Source Code Examined
Category: Tech
"You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike."
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 7 Comments •
Anthro Blog Carnival
Category: Archaeology
Archaeology and anthropology to make you squeal and titter with delight.
Posted by Martin R at 4:50 AM • 3 Comments •
August 15, 2007
Alsengem Found in Sweden
Category: Archaeology
Alsengems are little multilayered button-like discs of coloured glass with incised human stick-figures.
Posted by Martin R at 3:07 PM • 14 Comments •
August 14, 2007
Sättuna Barrow Seen from Boat
Category: Archaeology
I'm glad to have a picture of the site from the lake.
Posted by Martin R at 2:24 PM • 6 Comments •
August 13, 2007
With the Varnishing Ahead, I'm at My Shavings a Lot
Category: Language
Almost all Swedish words for civilised matters have recently been borrowed from Continental languages.
Posted by Martin R at 3:18 PM • 2 Comments •
August 12, 2007
Blog Carnival Call for Submissions
Category: Archaeology
Wednesday 15 August the will see the Four Stone Hearth blog carnival appear in all its archaeo/anthro glory.
Posted by Martin R at 3:16 AM • 0 Comments •
Wart-Biter Cricket
Category: Biology
Longer than my little finger and shiny green.
Posted by Martin R at 2:39 AM • 7 Comments •
August 11, 2007
Turn On, Tune In LazyTown, Drop Out
Category: Psychedelic
A product way off the scale on the weirdometer.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 6 Comments •
August 10, 2007
Villestofte: Danish Bog Booty
Category: Archaeology
Victorious defenders dunked the equipment of foreign armies they had beaten into sacred lakes.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 5 Comments •
Reader Mug Shot Gallery
Category: Blogging
Curious about what the Aard regulars look like?
Posted by Martin R at 2:46 AM • 8 Comments •
August 9, 2007
Digging Graves is Dangerous
Category: Archaeology
This was the kind of grave digger who buries people.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 5 Comments •
August 8, 2007
Book Review: Barlow, Sharp Teeth
Category: Books
Would you like to read about werewolf communes?
Posted by Martin R at 4:25 PM • 3 Comments •
August 7, 2007
Harbour of the Sheaf Kings
Category: Archaeology
Djurhamn was its era's equivalent of a major airport.
Posted by Martin R at 4:52 PM • 12 Comments •
August 6, 2007
Swedish Summer Evening
Category: Sweden
Took some pix for y'all.
Posted by Martin R at 5:01 PM • 2 Comments •
August 4, 2007
The Amazing Meeting 5.5
Category: Skepticism
The theme of the meeting is Skepticism & Activism.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 4 Comments •
August 3, 2007
Book Review: Weisman, The World Without Us
Category: Books
"Let us not talk falsely now, the hour's getting late."
Posted by Martin R at 2:29 PM • 7 Comments •
August 2, 2007
Open Access Journal and E-text Repository for Archaeology
Category: Archaeology
"Mesolithic", "Mycenaean" and "Merovingian" didn't turn up any hits.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 1 Comments •
Anthro Blog Carnival
Category: Blogging
Archaeology and anthropology to put a spring in your step and a glint in your eye.
Posted by Martin R at 2:26 AM • 0 Comments •
August 1, 2007
New Age Vibes at Archaeological Sites
Category: Archaeology
"It's you, right? It's your machine!"
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 8 Comments •
