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Runological Report on the Hogganvik Rune Stone

Category: Archaeology

Runologist James E. Knirk has published a report on the recently found Hogganvik rune stone. His transliteration is[?]kelbaþewas:s(t)^ainaR:aaasrpkf aarpaa:inanana(l/b/w)oR eknaudigastiR ekerafaRHis translation isSkelba-þewaR's ["Shaking-servant's"] stone. (Alphabet magic: aaasrpkf aarpaa). ?Within/From within the ?wheel-nave/?cabin-corner. I NaudigastiR [="Need-guest"]. I, the Wolverine.So...

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5th Century Rune Stone Found

Category: Archaeology

Inscriptions in the early 24-character futhark are rare. And when you find them, their messages are usually not straight-forward.

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Norwegian Ghost Mine

Category: Archaeology

It's a copper mine that was worked from 1723 until shortly after 1945. This is one of the coldest parts of Norway, which means that the wooden structures don't decay much through microbial action -- they mainly just erode.

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Kuhnian Huns

Category: Archaeology

A veteran scholar appeals to Thomas Kuhn's old theory of paradigm shifts in order to evade criticism of her work.

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Norwegians Grade Archaeology Journals

Category: Archaeology

While ERIH recognises three impact grades, the NDS has only two grades.

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European Science Foundation Grades Journals

Category: Archaeology

Grade A means global readership. Grade B means international readership. Grade C means national readership.

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Genius on the Edge

Category: Music

Yes he is extremely lewd, yes he is psychedelic, yes he has a plastic synth sound...

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Mad as a Potter from Lead Stalactites

Category: Archaeology

"Inside the tinned food we found so much lead, that it hung like icicles inside the cans".

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Jenny-Rita Næss Honoured On-Line

Category: Archaeology

Around the time when a senior academic retires, she will, if she's lucky, receive a Festschrift. The word is German and means "celebration publication": typically, it's an anthology put together by her colleagues and students. The contents of a...

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Geophysics Locate Royal Halls at Borre

Category: Archaeology

Even the stones in the bottoms of the post holes are visible!

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Book Review: Kroik, Hellre Mista sitt Huvud

Category: History

This book is at heart an ethno-political tract.

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A Century of Fornvännen Free On-Line

Category: Archaeology

The first 100 volumes of Fornvännen are now available freely on the web!

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Medieval Soapstone Quarry

Category: Archaeology

An entire hillside is covered by curious circular scars where people have obviously extracted stone.

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Oseberg Skeletons Exhumed

Category: Archaeology

Ideas diverge about who was who.

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Professor Steve Steve Studies Norwegian Archaeology

Category: Archaeology

The professor is studying a Roman/Migration Period large-scale iron production site.

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Grim Lords of Black Metal

Category: Humour

Satan laughing spreads his wings, as TV comedian Ozzy Osborne used to sing.

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Going to Trondheim

Category: Archaeology

The Sachsensymposium is the main conference for archaeologists working with post-Roman, pre-Viking Northern Europe.

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Beachcombing the Shores of Time

Category: Archaeology

Over at my buddy Frans-Arne's blog Arkeologi i Nord I found a great quotation from Norwegian archaeologist and anti-Nazi politician Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (1884-1951):"Det vi vet er så uendelig lite mot det som er hendt. Arkeologen er som den som...

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Brief Mountain Summer

Category: Biology

Everything hurries to bloom and procreate before the cold and snow returns.

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No, That Norwegian Guy Was Not an Inca Indian

Category: Archaeology

The find demonstrates the existence of this skeletal trait among 11th century Norwegians as well.

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Norwegians Dig Rock Art

Category: Archaeology

People before have quit digging when they reached the edge of the carved panel.

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Karl Hauck 1916-2007

Category: Archaeology

An old sorcerer has passed away.

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You Can't Grok Its Multiplicity

Category: Archaeology

Even heavily codified religions, such as Judaism or Christianity, aren't coherent.

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Book Review: Cambridge History of Scandinavia

Category: Archaeology

There is very little archaeology here.

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Queer Theory of Ancient Gods

Category: Archaeology

"What needs to be considered is the agency of the objects ..."

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Scandinavian Attitudes to Nudity

Category: Sweden

Scandinavians are unusually cool about nudity in certain well-defined situations.

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Journal of the North Atlantic Announced

Category: Archaeology

A new peer-reviewed intercontinental archaeology journal has just been announced.

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Oscarian Archaeology Journal On-Line

Category: Archaeology

An item of particular interest to Scandinavian archaeologists and historians at Project Runeberg is an almost complete run of Antiqvarisk Tidskrift.

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Classic Norwegian Finds Pics On-line

Category: Archaeology

One of the founding fathers of Norwegian archaeology and place-name scholarship was Oluf Rygh (1833-1899). In 1875, he became Scandinavia's first professor of archaeology. One of the most enduring parts of his legacy is his 1885 book Norske Oldsager,...

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No Career Available in Scandinavian Archaeology

Category: Archaeology

A recurring theme in my blogging of the past year (e.g. here: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4) has been that a degree in Scandinavian archaeology (BA, MA or PhD) is almost entirely useless from a career perspective. The...

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Two New Norwegian Boat Graves

Category: Archaeology

Ship burials are rare and signal royal status: Sutton Hoo, Oseberg, Gokstad, Borre, Tune. Burials in smaller boats, large enough for only three or four pairs of oars and useless on the high sea, are far more common (though...

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