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Martin Rundkvist's blog. Archaeology, skepticism, Sweden. And books and music and stuff.
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.
March 29, 2011
Category: Blogging
I just got paid half a year's back wages by the ScienceBlogs Overlords. Christmas came early! No, I mean, last Christmas came late! Paying me off wasn't such a big deal as I usually make only $75 a month. But...
Posted by Martin R at 1:34 PM • 5 Comments •
March 27, 2011
Category: Humour
I was reminded of this timely song when discussing an odd 7th century burial at Norsborg with my friend Dr. Ing-Marie Back Danielsson. The buried individual has been murdered, which triggered the association....
Posted by Martin R at 6:23 AM • 8 Comments •
March 24, 2011
Category: Archaeology
A fine little volume in Swedish can be read on-line for free or mail-ordered from the Stockholm County Museum.
Posted by Martin R at 10:20 AM • 4 Comments •
March 23, 2011
Category: Archaeology
Jáchymov currently has only a bit more than three thousand inhabitants, and yet its name is used daily by billions of people worldwide.
Posted by Martin R at 4:33 PM • 5 Comments •
March 22, 2011
Category: Biology
If you're in the northern hemisphere, what signs of spring have you seen?
Posted by Martin R at 9:25 AM • 29 Comments •
March 19, 2011
Category: NOIBN
Dear Reader, what are YOU waiting for?
Posted by Martin R at 3:05 AM • 22 Comments •
March 15, 2011
Category: Archaeology
Roman sites in the UK and 19th century sites with imported Classical sculpture have local living micropopulations of Mediterranean land snails!
Posted by Martin R at 3:50 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Blogging
Hi Bloggers, Let me apologize again for the problems that many of you and your readers are experiencing. The attack is ongoing, originating from Turkey and Qatar, and until it stops, Rackspace must block IP ranges in order for the...
Posted by Martin R at 1:12 PM • 2 Comments •
March 14, 2011
Category: Children
Juniorette is a precocious seven years old. Here's her rendition of Leonard Cohen's 1984 song "Hallelujah", with the Swedish lyrics by Py Bäckman. The performance is influenced to a certain degree by another young Swedish singer's version, Molly Sandén's on...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 5 Comments •
Category: Books
Here's an idea that I'd like some reader feedback on. Would it be worthwhile to put together an EPUB e-book, about as long as a 200-page paperback, of selected blog entries of mine? I'm thinking I'd organise it in thematic...
Posted by Martin R at 8:03 AM • 7 Comments •
March 12, 2011
Category: Travel
Less than a month now! Dear Aard readers Heather Flowers and Erin Emmerich of the University of Minnesota have invited me to speak there in April. My wife will accompany me and interpret whenever we run into someone who speaks...
Posted by Martin R at 5:09 PM • 20 Comments •
March 11, 2011
Category: Health
Peat is a fascinating substance with qualities that made it suitable for a wide variety of tasks.
Posted by Martin R at 10:30 AM • 12 Comments •
March 10, 2011
Category: Archaeology
Contract archaeology cannot be put out to tender in the manner of asphalt work: the people forced to buy contract archaeology have strong incentives to ignore the quality of the product.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 1 Comments •
March 9, 2011
Category: Blogging
Dear Bloggers, We have been forwarding reports from bloggers and users to our hosting service, Rackspace, over the past few days. After monitoring our traffic and these reports, Rackspace has determined that ScienceBlogs is experiencing a distributed denial of service...
Posted by Martin R at 2:49 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Archaeology
Antiquity invites the submission of high-quality archaeological photographs for publication in the journal.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 1 Comments •
March 8, 2011
Category: Archaeology
The National Geological Survey of Sweden has put an interactive deglaciation and shoreline displacement model for the country on-line for free.
Posted by Martin R at 11:22 AM • 0 Comments •
March 7, 2011
Category: Archaeology
Gerhard Doppler and colleagues at the Geology Service of the Bavarian State Board for the Environment demonstrate that the lake basin formed at the end of the Ice Age just as every German geologist has known for a century or more.
Posted by Martin R at 8:18 AM • 1 Comments •
March 5, 2011
Category: Archaeology
If only Swedish pottery had been this good prior to the High Middle Ages!
Posted by Martin R at 3:00 AM • 1 Comments •
March 3, 2011
Category: Children
As my friend David the physiotherapist commented, if you must break a bone, break your radius.
Posted by Martin R at 5:12 PM • 19 Comments •
March 1, 2011
Category: Humour
Jack Chick is an insane Christian cartoonist. Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an atheist horror writer who wrote about people being driven insane. In Fred Van Lente and Steve Ellis's brilliant 2000 tract, Chick and Lovecraft are made one. Thanks...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 7 Comments •
