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.
Next week, 20-23 July, I will work on a Universities of Bangor & Chester excavation in north-east Wales headed by Nancy Edwards and my friend Howard Williams. The fieldwork concerns the site of a 9th century memorial cross, the "Pillar of Eliseg", mentioned here in February of last year. Having grown up with the Welsh-inspired fantasy fiction of Lloyd Alexander, Susan Cooper and Alan Garner, I'm thrilled to dig in Wales! I mean, the area of the site is named the Vale of Llangollen ("thlan-gottlen"), can you beat that?
Aard readers in the Wrexham/Chester area, give me a shout and maybe we can organise a meetup!
Comments
Cool I hope you find the gilded skull! Though no doubt you'd rather find some silly bits of broken crockery.
http://www.archaeologydaily.com/news/201001263149/Historic-Welsh-pillar-that-39s-shrouded-in-mystery.html
Posted by: kevin | July 12, 2010 3:51 PM
I must admit that I'm thrilled just at the prospect that the coins I'll find won't be Swedish ones. (-;
Posted by: Martin R | July 12, 2010 4:00 PM
Have a great time in Wales. Hope you excavate some interesting stuff.
Posted by: Nick Williams | July 12, 2010 4:33 PM