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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, chairman of the Swedish Skeptics Society, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two.
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August 30, 2011
August 28, 2011
On My Mind, Sunday
Category: Archaeology
I'm a single dad now for two weeks while my wife's in China shooting interviews for a documentary series. Aard's been getting a lot of comment spam lately, and the filter isn't working properly, so I've turned on comment moderation....
Posted by Martin R at 3:54 AM • 5 Comments •
August 24, 2011
Three Days Digging in a Cave
Category: Archaeology
In the mid-20th century a fox hunter crawled into the cave and felt his way around. His questing hands encountered something on a ledge which he put in his coat pocket...
Posted by Martin R at 4:11 PM • 6 Comments •
August 21, 2011
A Lot On My Plate
Category: Archaeology
Feels like I've got a bit too much on my plate right now. Tonight's boardgame night, so I need to get everything packed up before dinner. "Pack up what?", I hear you say. Well, I'm spending the next couple of...
Posted by Martin R at 8:08 AM • 25 Comments •
August 17, 2011
Joe's Aard T-shirt Design
Category: Blogging
Joseph Hewitt of Ataraxia Theatre is the artist who rendered almost the entire ScienceBlogs stable as zombies last summer. He has submitted the third t-shirt design, and when I saw it I thought, "Screw the reader's poll, this is...
Posted by Martin R at 12:46 PM • 8 Comments •
August 14, 2011
Fixing the Shed's Door
Category: Homeownership
Earlier this summer I did some upkeep on the board fence, pergola and yard gate of my house. Swapped some rotten boards and beams, put on some paint, whacked a few nails back in that had crept out. Easy...
Posted by Martin R at 8:44 AM • 15 Comments •
August 12, 2011
Swedes Confused About Slugs
Category: Biology
When I explained that most brown slugs are not killer slugs, she asked, "So how do I tell them apart?". "You can't", I replied.
Posted by Martin R at 9:56 AM • 12 Comments •
August 8, 2011
Ship Spotting
Category: NOIBN
I looked up and there was this century-old two-masted sailing ship.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 12 Comments •
August 7, 2011
Stacy's Aard T-shirt Design
Category: Art
Here's the second t-shirt design suggestion, from Stacy Mason! Compare the first one from Jim Allen/Sweeney. And Barn Owl has volunteered to distribute the shirts! So unless a third design comes my way soon, I'll set up an on-line...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 1 Comments •
August 5, 2011
Current Archaeology's August Issue
Category: Archaeology
I always enjoy reading Current Archaeology, both for the quality content and for the simple fact that it's about the UK.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 1 Comments •
August 4, 2011
Littering
Category: NOIBN
Littering really annoys me, indoors, in the streets, in parks - and particularly in woods and wilderness. My whole family often collects bagfuls of garbage on walks or visits to the lake. I can't understand the mind of a person...
Posted by Martin R at 8:56 AM • 25 Comments •
August 3, 2011
Does Judicial Punishment Mainly Serve A Revenge Motive?
Category: Politics
If people weren't so emotionally invested in revenge they would demand that public funding for the judicial system be invested only in well-studied, evidence-based, efficacious methods of deterrent, containment and reform.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 34 Comments •
August 2, 2011
Alopecia: Charm Quark's Non-Cancer
Category: Health
Looking like you have cancer without actually having to go through the disease, treatment and anxiety is a fairly good deal when it comes to undercover work.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 2 Comments •
August 1, 2011
And On Bagpipes, Please Welcome André Leroi-Gourhan
Category: Archaeology
Charles Higham remembers his first digs in France, at age 16, in 1956.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 2 Comments •
