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Dr Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, skeptic, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two. This is the world's #1 archaeology blog according to Technorati.

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Swedes Produce Hot Water, Dump It Into Sea

For historical reasons having nothing to do with engineering or rationality, Swedish nuclear power plants dump a lot of warm cooling water into the sea. In a revealing blog entry, Paddy K offers an estimate of just how much energy...

Posted on September 4, 2008 9:02 AM • 6 Comments •

Queen Christina's Quarter Coin Again

In their day they were the largest issue yet in the history of Sweden.

Posted on September 4, 2008 8:20 AM • 4 Comments •

Stockholm Blogmeet 1 September

Just back home from a lovely evening in the company of friends. Good food, good drink and good conversation with (left to right) Tor, Felicia, Kai, Åsa, Pat, Anders and Lars & Thinker who left before I thought of...

Posted on September 1, 2008 4:28 PM • 17 Comments •

Mushroom Harvest

Today we had eleven kinds, most of them hedgehogs and boletes.

Posted on August 31, 2008 9:15 AM • 12 Comments •

Roman Coin Prank

A recent unusual find is very likely a wry gift from an archaeologist.

Posted on August 24, 2008 3:15 AM • 12 Comments •

Criss Cross: Swedish Scrabble Ripoff

Scrabble was first published in 1948. Shortly thereafter, it was ripped off for the Swedish market by a firm named Lemeco, under the tell-tale Anglophone title Criss Cross. The main difference between the ripoff and the original is that...

Posted on August 10, 2008 8:20 AM • 1 Comments •

Bob Lind Gets Grant

Bob has neither formal qualifications nor any excavation experience.

Posted on July 30, 2008 1:43 PM • 8 Comments •

Fireweed

Wind-borne seeds like thistledown that can sprout anywhere.

Posted on July 24, 2008 3:21 PM • 11 Comments •

Bob Lind Challenges Me to a Duel

"You with your fine archaeological credentials will surely not find reason to complain."

Posted on July 18, 2008 9:48 AM • 8 Comments •

33 Test Pits

Today we dug and sieved our 33rd and last square-meter test pit at Djurhamn, and I took the gear back to the County Museum's stores. Unless a colleague with better early-modern pottery skillz than mine provides any surprises, it seems...

Posted on July 10, 2008 12:53 PM • 2 Comments •

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