Åke Hyenstrand 1939-2007
Category: Archaeology
He was known for his large-scale analyses of the Swedish sites and monuments register.
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Aardvarchaeology
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
November 30, 2007
November 29, 2007
Psycho Killer Not Psycho Enough
Category: Psychology
The ability to commit a highly violent crime is, in itself, a symptom of insanity.
Posted by Martin R at 8:19 AM • 19 Comments •
November 27, 2007
A Runic Farewell
Category: Archaeology
From about 1845 to 1930, Sweden saw massive emigration to the United States.
Posted by Martin R at 2:47 PM • 11 Comments •
November 26, 2007
The Relics of St Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins
Category: Archaeology
11,000 dead virgins. And every scrap of bone counted as a relic of St. Ursula.
Posted by Martin R at 2:57 PM • 15 Comments •
November 24, 2007
Chris at Highly Allochthonous Gets It
Category: Archaeology
Yay, for once somebody at Sb except me is writing about European archaeology!
Posted by Martin R at 1:00 AM • 4 Comments •
November 23, 2007
Royally Furnished Cemetery Found in NE England
Category: Archaeology
England had already been re-Christianised and grave wealth was in steep decline.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 12 Comments •
November 22, 2007
Viking Army Councils
Category: Archaeology
The oldest known territorial unit in Östergötland is the härad district (etymologically, "army council").
Posted by Martin R at 12:45 PM • 15 Comments •
November 21, 2007
Them Doggone Carnies
Category: Blogging
You know, like, uh, whazza gonna say?
Posted by Martin R at 2:50 PM • 0 Comments •
A Century of Fornvännen Free On-Line
Category: Archaeology
The first 100 volumes of Fornvännen are now available freely on the web!
Posted by Martin R at 3:38 AM • 2 Comments •
November 20, 2007
Passenger Flight Needs to be Heavily Taxed
Category: Environment
The system is grossly inefficient. A bit of tax pressure would do wonders to tighten it up.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 31 Comments •
November 19, 2007
Going to Cons
Category: Blogging
Two months from now I'm going to spend a week on the US East Coast, attending two conferences and doing some sightseeing. From 18 to 22 January I'll be in the Chapel Hill/Durham area of North Carolina for the 2nd...
Posted by Martin R at 3:00 PM • 1 Comments •
November 18, 2007
Lucifer Over London
Category: Music
Some of these angels have the face of Gods / Some of them the face of dogs
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 1 Comments •
Hopeful Buttons
Category: Blogging
Dear Reader, it's been a while since I asked you to press any buttons. If you like Aard, and haven't already done so, would you please do me the favour of pressing a button in the left-hand column, right...
Posted by Martin R at 6:30 AM • 2 Comments •
November 17, 2007
The Onion Knows the Archaeological Worldview
Category: Archaeology
Archaeologists have an extremely strange worldview. We never simply see what's going on around us right now: we keep thinking about what a place would have looked like hundreds of years ago, or what it will look like in the...
Posted by Martin R at 4:24 PM • 0 Comments •
November 16, 2007
Anders Söderberg on Sigtuna Metalworking
Category: Archaeology
They are making sense of stuff that usually ends up in large anonymous sacks that nobody ever opens.
Posted by Martin R at 4:16 PM • 6 Comments •
Viking Wreckage Found at Birka?
Category: Archaeology
It may be the first Viking ship, or at least some wreckage, in the Lake Mälaren area.
Posted by Martin R at 8:26 AM • 0 Comments •
November 15, 2007
Jim Benton on Christianity's Problem of Communication
Category: Skepticism
Jesus was an incredibly inefficient and incompetent conveyor of his 'message'.
Posted by Martin R at 3:55 PM • 3 Comments •
November 14, 2007
17th Century Urban Archaeology
Category: Archaeology
17th-century urban layers in a part of town laid out and settled by royal decree.
Posted by Martin R at 3:59 PM • 9 Comments •
November 13, 2007
Call for Nominations: 2008 Gene S. Stuart Award
Category: Archaeology
An award of $2000 is made to honor outstanding efforts to enhance public understanding of archaeology.
Posted by Martin R at 4:00 PM • 0 Comments •
November 12, 2007
Göran Werthwein Draws and Designs It
Category: Archaeology
Need someone to design your excavation report, PhD dissertation, tourist folder?
Posted by Martin R at 4:13 PM • 0 Comments •
Pottery Styles and Shore Displacement
Category: Archaeology
Presto -- we have an interregional Neolithic pottery chronology!
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 3 Comments •
November 11, 2007
Carnival of the Godless 79 -- Pie Now on Earth
Category: Skepticism
Unclouded by notions of friendly guys in the sky who offer pie when you die.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 9 Comments •
November 10, 2007
Selection Pressure on Altie Medicine
Category: Skepticism
There is evolutionary pressure on alternative therapies to achieve near-zero effect.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 6 Comments •
November 9, 2007
Peter Johnsson, Sword Smith
Category: Archaeology
Uppsala-based virtuoso weapon smith Peter Johnsson has offered to make a replica of the Djurhamn sword.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 8 Comments •
November 8, 2007
Anthro Blog Carnival
Category: Archaeology
Archaeology and anthropology, enough to turn you into a creature of the night, mad for love.
Posted by Martin R at 3:30 PM • 1 Comments •
DNA Identifies Ancient Foodstuffs
Category: Archaeology
Just scrape some gunk off the inside of the sherds and check it for DNA.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 11 Comments •
November 6, 2007
History Carnival 58
Category: Carnival
History! Carnival! History Carnival! Yay! Carnival-a-rooney! Woo!
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 6 Comments •
November 5, 2007
Towards a Social Theory of Sites We Haven't Found
Category: Archaeology
The message fills me with a mixture of disappointment and defiance.
Posted by Martin R at 8:50 AM • 16 Comments •
