Impressions of Luoyang
Category: China
Came to Luoyang in Henan province on the Yellow River by train yesterday morning.
Posted by Martin R at 4:01 AM • 5 Comments •
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Dr. Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, chairman of the Swedish Skeptics Society, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two.
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October 31, 2007
October 27, 2007
Anthro Blog Carnival
Category: Archaeology
Archaeology and anthropology to rusticate your masonry and bevel your edges until your mind dissolves in bliss.
Posted by Martin R at 12:07 AM • 1 Comments •
October 26, 2007
Beijing in October
Category: China
Ostentatious 19th century Qing architecture is rather amply preserved around the city centre.
Posted by Martin R at 3:05 AM • 3 Comments •
October 24, 2007
Gone to China
Category: Blogging
Junior and I have gone to China to join wife & sis in Beijing.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 5 Comments •
October 23, 2007
Upscale Night Clubbers, Wherefore Art Thou?
Category: Sweden
I hooked up with women everywhere except in clubs.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 13 Comments •
October 22, 2007
Stuffy Inquirer
Category: Skepticism
Skeptical Inquirer's content appears to be written by old men for old men.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 10 Comments •
October 21, 2007
Blog Carnival Call for Submissions
Wednesday 24 October the will see the Four Stone Hearth blog carnival appear in all its archaeo/anthro glory.
Posted by Martin R at 5:00 PM • 0 Comments •
October 20, 2007
Yay, Presents!
Category: Archaeology
Twoflower, you kind and generous man, thanks to you I will no longer have to rely on second-rate gear!
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 11 Comments •
October 19, 2007
Andrén and Baudou on Malmer
Category: Archaeology
Malmer was that rare thing, a brilliant practical and theoretical archaeologist in one person.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 3 Comments •
October 18, 2007
Greed and Buffoonery in Academic Publishing
Category: Books
I agreed to a really crappy business deal today.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 14 Comments •
October 17, 2007
New Picture Stone Found at Stenkyrka
Category: Archaeology
It's a little less than two meters tall and features two Viking ships.
Posted by Martin R at 2:42 PM • 11 Comments •
October 16, 2007
Sweden Reinforces Ban on Religious Schools
Category: Skepticism
"Pupils must be protected from all forms of fundamentalism".
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 19 Comments •
October 15, 2007
Archaeobooks Blowout 27 October
Category: Archaeology
Most of the books will be sold for $8. A bag.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 8 Comments •
October 13, 2007
Dimitri Kouznetsov, Repeat Offender in Science Fraud
Category: Archaeology
Kouznetsov's 1989 paper reported fake findings intended to call evolutionary theory into question.
Posted by Martin R at 4:19 PM • 5 Comments •
October 12, 2007
Psychic Data on Djurhamn Sword
Category: Archaeology
"My mother has the second sight, reads cards and receives images out of the lives of people."
Posted by Martin R at 1:00 PM • 30 Comments •
October 11, 2007
Mutating Genre Meme
Category: Blogging
Copy the questions, and before answering them, you may modify them...
Posted by Martin R at 2:52 PM • 0 Comments •
High Standards in Swedish 70s Reggae
Category: Music
Are you feeling safe and satisfied, my friend?
Posted by Martin R at 2:15 PM • 9 Comments •
October 10, 2007
Four Stone Hearth Celebrates First Birthday
Category: Archaeology
Archaeology and anthropology to make you and take you for the ride of your life.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 1 Comments •
October 9, 2007
Unsworded by Find-Conservators
Category: Archaeology
I love visiting conservators' studios. They always have these really wild new finds that nobody's heard of yet.
Posted by Martin R at 4:20 PM • 20 Comments •
October 8, 2007
Mats P. Malmer 1921-2007
Category: Archaeology
My number one archaeological hero died last week.
Posted by Martin R at 4:51 PM • 2 Comments •
October 7, 2007
The Star of Al-Qaeda
Category: Language
Does Al-Qaeda have its own star in the sky?
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 15 Comments •
Blog Carnival Call for Submissions
Wednesday 10 October the will see the Four Stone Hearth blog carnival appear in all its archaeo/anthro glory.
Posted by Martin R at 7:54 AM • 2 Comments •
October 6, 2007
Internet Public Perception of Sword Find
Category: Archaeology
"This dude geeking out with his metal dector and ends up finding a sword."
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 16 Comments •
October 5, 2007
Three Good Albums
Category: Music
Three good albums, listened to in the car when driving to & fro the Djurhamn dig.
Posted by Martin R at 2:34 PM • 3 Comments •
October 4, 2007
Anybody Paying Attention to Books/Albums Lists?
Category: Books
I'm thinking maybe it isn't worth the effort to keep the Good Books and Good Albums lists going in the left-hand column. Better to put that effort into writing more blog entries about books and albums? Dear Reader, if you're...
Posted by Martin R at 3:47 PM • 8 Comments •
Mistranslations of the Third Kind
Category: Humour
It says here that the hero is wearing a piece of cod!
Posted by Martin R at 1:46 PM • 10 Comments •
October 3, 2007
Medieval Soapstone Quarry
Category: Archaeology
An entire hillside is covered by curious circular scars where people have obviously extracted stone.
Posted by Martin R at 4:53 PM • 7 Comments •
October 2, 2007
Djurhamn Fieldwork Mopup
Category: Archaeology
Rune Ehrsson brought a fine piece of Late Medieval or Early Modern pottery to show us.
Posted by Martin R at 5:21 PM • 10 Comments •
October 1, 2007
Djurhamn Sword Excavated
Category: Archaeology
I've spent the day getting the Djurhamn sword out of the ground.
Posted by Martin R at 1:54 PM • 41 Comments •
