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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.
November 29, 2011
Category: Health
A family has moved out into the deep woods to get away from all electrical equipment. But despite all their attempts to get away from radiation, the malady persists. And they have a theory about why that is.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 11 Comments •
November 28, 2011
Category: Archaeology
I've never seen a piece like this before: it must be a top mount for something - box, horse yoke, staff?
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 6 Comments •
November 26, 2011
Category: Art
Junior made this with his drawing tablet and Photoshop. It's him and his buddy poking each other....
Posted by Martin R at 10:19 AM • 5 Comments •
November 23, 2011
Category: Archaeology
Mays suggests that if the child murders were spread out over three centuries, what sets Yewden apart is mainly the tenacity of the custom.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 11 Comments •
November 21, 2011
Category: Archaeology
Placing the runestone in the airport terminal ensures its protection from the rain and freeze-thaw cycle, and also makes it maximally accessible to the public.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 7 Comments •
November 20, 2011
Category: Archaeology
Last time I passed through Oslo airport I discovered this Kon Tiki-themed restaurant with a faux Ecuadorian stele.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 7 Comments •
November 19, 2011
Category: Music
Here are some albums that I've been listening to lately. (The previous peek into my listening habits is from May 2010!)Daikaiju. Daikaiju. 2005. Virtuoso instrumental surf rock. Dungen. Skit i allt. 2010. Psychedelic 70s prog. Graveyard. Hisingen Blues. 2011....
Posted by Martin R at 5:13 PM • 0 Comments •
November 16, 2011
Category: Runes
One of the first things that stick out about the Kensington inscription is the unparallelled preponderance of numbers in it. The clincher is found in some simple cryptography.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 32 Comments •
November 14, 2011
Category: Gaming
I spent yesterday in good company at the FlemCon 2 gaming convention organised by the S.M.A.S.H. gaming society at Södertörn University College. Juniorette was at a friend's house and Junior is too cool for small cons these days. Left...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 1 Comments •
November 13, 2011
Category: Runes
Iarlabanki Ingefastson is probably the most copiously documented Scandinavian of the Viking Period. But his name does not occur even once on vellum.
Posted by Martin R at 3:52 AM • 6 Comments •
November 9, 2011
Category: Archaeology
Two bronze masks from Avaldsnes in western Norway that look Celtic and may thus either be pre-Roman or Viking in date -- and more!
Posted by Martin R at 9:26 AM • 0 Comments •
November 8, 2011
Category: Blogging
Dear Reader Jim Allen of Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia, kindly volunteered to design some Aardvarchaeology merchandise, for which I am very grateful. Here's Jim at his local museum along with fellow volunteer Charlotte Rogers, in the first picture...
Posted by Martin R at 4:31 AM • 5 Comments •
November 7, 2011
Category: Archaeology
Herbert Jankuhn (1905-90) is a contentious figure as he was a passionate Nazi soldier and SS archaeologist up until 1945, and then became one of Germany's most influential post-war archaeologists.
Posted by Martin R at 5:05 PM • 1 Comments •
November 2, 2011
Category: Archaeology
The yachting club's boat lift reminded me of a motif in Bronze Age rock art: the boat carrier.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 8 Comments •
November 1, 2011
Category: Language
The Swedish language originated 1200 years ago as an effect of language change. It has since become heavily influenced by Low German, French, High German and, recently, English.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 30 Comments •
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