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.
I'll be travelling a lot in October and November and giving some talks. Aard readers in the afflicted cities, drop me a line and maybe we can meet up!
- 16-18 Oct, TAM London.
- 29-31 Oct, Oslo, Kritisk Masse: speaking about Thor Heyerdahl and other Scandy pseudoarchaeologists.
- 4 Nov, Uppsala: speaking about pseudoarchaeology.
- 14 Nov, Norrköping: speaking about the Late Iron Age elite in the area.
- 29 Nov - 1 Dec Birmingham: Viking workshop.
Comments
It always kinda disappointed me to learn how dodgy Heyerdahl actually was when I began to learn 'proper' archaeology. The Kontiki voyage always seemed damn cool to me as a kid.
Do you ever get to TAG?
Posted by: Richard D | September 17, 2010 4:14 AM
The Kon Tiki voyage was damn cool! It's just that it proved nothing about the past.
I went to TAG 2000 in Oxford and enjoyed myself. Here's my report if you want to run it through Google Translate:
http://fornvannen.se/pdf/2000talet/2001_041.pdf
Since that time I have concentrated on specialised conferences having to do with the fields I'm working in.
Posted by: Martin R | September 17, 2010 4:25 AM
Dammit, I fear I will miss you in London; I'm giving a paper I'll barely have time to write on the 18th in Oxford. You'll have to be Amazing without local assistance (which will be no problem I'm sure).
Posted by: Jonathan Jarrett | September 17, 2010 5:57 AM
I'll settle for Amuzing and Ridiculous.
Posted by: Martin R | September 17, 2010 6:18 AM
I will try to meet up in Norrkoping. Maybe a cup of coffee first...Your welcome home to us...
Posted by: Jocke | September 17, 2010 7:44 AM
Where in Uppsala are you speaking, what time? I'll make sure to turn up.
Posted by: ArchAsa | September 17, 2010 4:07 PM
That would be great! They haven't told me the venue yet. I'll check.
Posted by: Martin R | September 17, 2010 4:17 PM
The talk in Uppsala:
19:00 Tro & Vetande: Missförstånd om forntiden
2. Missförstånd om forntiden To 4 nov 19.00 i Missionskyrkan Dr Martin Rundkvist är arkeolog specialiserad på Skandinaviens forntid. Han kommer att tala om vanliga arkeologiska missuppfattningar om grottmänniskor, stenålderskost och forntida könsroller, samt om några mera omtalade svenska knasteorier inom arkeologin, offentliggjorda av författare som Bob G. Lind och KI-professorn Lennart Möller.
Posted by: P.J. | September 17, 2010 5:14 PM
-Would this recent item be pseudoarchaeology or could it actually have some substance? The myth explaining eclipses suggest they had worked out the sun-moon connection, but that´s it.
Australian Aborigines (could have been) 'world's first astronomers': study http://www.physorg.com/news203921332.html (but without finding rock carvings to support it, it will be just another theory …)
Posted by: Birger Johansson | September 17, 2010 6:45 PM
"what I don't know is how far back this goes. If it goes back 10,000 or 20,000 years, that makes (Aborigines) the world's first astronomers"
That's a pretty big if.
Posted by: Martin R | September 18, 2010 5:04 PM