Topplistan —
Vetenskap —
Detaljer för "Testimony of the spade"
Testimony of the spadeTestimony of the spadeTestimony of the spade skrivs på engelska av en svensk arkeolog och osteolog, Magnus Reuterdahl. Bloggen handlar mestadels om arkeologi, kulturmiljövård, runologi, osteologi m.m. Mestadels rör bloggen de fornlämningar jag besöker, böcker och artiklar jag för tillfället läser eller om det jag jobbar med. Artiklar
Published a new post at the Kalmar County blog today
2011-07-07 19:32:00 What is this bronze tool? is a question I ask on the Kalmar County Museum blog (see the second picture ? the post is in Swedish). The last few weeks I’ve recataloging finds from a 2003 excavation at Hossmo church. One of the artifacts puzzled me a bit, I recognized it but could really find ...
Finnish archaeologist has unearthed a 7 000 year old grave in Osterbothnia
2011-07-06 20:34:00 Through a Finnish friend I got notice on this interesting find. And to all you Finns out there forgive me if I’ve misinterpreted parts of this, and if so please correct me Finish researchers has found a new model of Stone Age grave ? at least new for Finland. A rectangular stone setting; 4×5 meter. ... Mer om: Arkeologi
Two reports away
2011-06-30 12:05:00 Then my first reports for Kalmar County museum are up on the museum webpage for downloading (pdf style). They?re both in Swedish. As the results were more or less 0 I don?t expect any big rush. But as it is said a no-result is also a result. The first concerns an archaeological evaluation in Västervik ...
Happy midsummer
2011-06-24 11:38:00 Tonight we Swede’s celebrate Midsummer’s eve with good food, good wine, lots of beer and aqua vitae/schnaps and some dancing around the midsummer pole. If you by chance don’t like to dance check out Four stone hearth number 120 at Sorting out Science they’ve been nice enough to include two post from Testimony of the spade ...
The Karlevi rune stone, Vickleby parish, Öland (Öl 1)
2011-06-20 13:11:00 I promised to get back to you with some further information on the Karlevi rune stone. It is placed on the island Öland in Vickleby parish and has the signum Öl 1. The inscription is dated to ca 1000 AD. Part of the inscription on the Karlevi rune stone is written in dróttkætt, an Iron ...
In search for runes
2011-06-15 17:03:00 Been writing a few reports lately, nothing fancy as the results were more or less =0, e.g. no finds worth mentioning. While doing so I?ve needed to stop by the archives a few times and as soon you?ll open one of those dusty bins you?ll find something fun ?that has nothing to do with your ...
Two ancient forts of Öland
2011-05-29 15:27:00 Yesterday we took a tour on the island Öland just east of Kalmar. There are several ancient forts, many of the dates to ca 400-550 BC though some of the has been used later on as well. We visited the fort Ismantorps borg that is speciall in the way that a lot house grounds are ...
On route to Öland
2011-05-28 11:26:00 Today I’ll head for the island Öland on Sweden’s southeast coast, there’s some really cool ancient monuments to see if you’re ever nearby. I’ll upload a few pictures later today ? or you can catch them on twitter; @reuterdahl, live. By the way now I got my tickets to Sweden rock ? a hard rock ... Mer om: Sweden Rock
Kalmar County Museum blog ? a new home away from home
2011-05-25 21:26:00 Kalmar County Museum blog Arkeologi i Kalmar län (Archaeology in Kalmar County) is a blog regarding the work that is beeing carried out by the archaeology division at the museum. Which I’m now a part of. I’ve just posted my first blog post for Kalmar County Museum (In Swedish) ? go check it out This ...
A week in Västervik
2011-05-23 17:23:00 This I’m in Vastervik ca 150 km N of Kalmar. We’re doing an archaeological survey combined with search trenches. A beautiful hillside facing the waterfront – the the hillside is just cramped with stones. Magnus
War time archaeology in Jönköping
2011-05-19 20:17:00 Jönköping County museum has started a blog (in Swedish), that seems promising. There are several interesting projects that are on the go in Jönköping at the moment. One is the search for a battle field site at Dumme mosse. A battle held in 1567 where as many as 2000 man battled it out, for the Swedes ...
A week at the museum
2011-05-19 08:46:00 What do an archaeologist do when he isn?t excavating? We do quite a lot of things ? some obvious some less so. We write reports on the field works, we analyze the finds we?ve made, we attend meetings, we write survey and excavation plans, we attend meetings etc. This week I?ve mainly been indoors preparing ... Mer om: Kalmar , Museum , Västervik
From Kalmar with love
2011-05-11 21:25:00 Then this year filed season has started. A few days in Västervik – a few search trenches and a couple of excavated cultivation cairns ? not much but a nice start in the sunshine. Now a short period indoors; writing a report on the mentioned field work, making preps for the next fieldwork, writing a ... Mer om: Göteborg
En svensk uppdragsarkeologisk klassiker/A Swedish contract archaeological
2011-05-04 21:12:00 This post will follow in English. Som arkeolog är man tvungen att flytta runt, att jobba som projektanställda och att hela tiden planera framåt. Vad händer efter nästa jobb, projekt eller kurs? Nu är inte allt negativt med detta, man får möjlighet att se mycket av vårt vackra land, uppleva olika kulturmiljöer och träffa mängder ...
A busy day
2011-04-25 11:55:00 Tomorrow I’m off to Kalmar and Kalmar County Museum for a five month tour, hopefully longer. So it’s packing and finding out what I need for my first week. On Wednesday I’ll be part of a Nordic TAG panel on social media and archaeology ? I’ll have to give some thought to that as well. ...
Day of Archaeology 2011
2011-04-20 23:56:00 Found this on-line and urge all archaeologist and others within the cutural heritage trade to jump on the wagon and give evidence of what you do on july 29th for Day of Archaeology 2011. ?Archaeologists taking part in the project will document their day through photographs, videos and written blog posts. These will then be ...
The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Bulletin N:o 15 & 19
2011-04-18 17:12:00 Today I got a couple books I ordered; The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Bulletin N ° 15 & 19. We have studied these books several times during our study on the Yangshao traditions and Johan Gunnar Andersson’s work in China but not felt the need to own them – until now. In connection with ...
Castle seminar
2011-04-15 13:04:00 Today I am the annual castle seminar at the National Historic museum, Stockholm.
Bones on my mind
2011-04-14 17:32:00 Time to go to the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities for another day searching in Johan Gunnar Andersson’s collections. I’m a part of the Yangshao project (Link to blog ? most in Swedish som in English) ? a project that aims to learn more about Chinese archaeology & prehistory in general and the neolithic Yangshao ...
An era has ended
2011-04-12 20:20:00 Archaeological Haecceities tells me that one of the most important archaeologists of the 20th century has passed away, Lewis Binford (1930-2011). Binford was an American archaeologist that was one of the leading archaeologist behind the New Archaeology, a positivistic type of archaeology that emerged in the late 50′s early 60s. New Archaeology later led to ...
I?m turning 4 :)
2011-04-11 22:20:00 I started this blog four years ago. At the time I wouldn’t have dreamt that it still would be on-line 505 posts and four years later. Well this is not the end I’ll carry on for a while yet ? so you’re welcome to tag along! A big thank you to all who reads the ...
Theoretical osteological work shop
2011-04-07 13:47:00 This Saturday I’ll attend a theoretical osteological work shop at the Osteological research laboratory, Stockholm University with the title: Att stå på flera ben (To stand on several bones). The work shop will be led by Ph.D. Anna Källén and Ph.D. Ing?Marie Back Danielsson who will address different aspects concerning different social contexts such as ...
Nordic TAG XI 2011
2011-04-05 13:22:00 During Nordic TAG XI in Kalmar April 26th to April 29th I’ll be part of a panel discussion on social media ? the problems, potentials, challenges & opportunities during the session Research and Outreach in the Digital Age ? organized by Åsa M Larsson, Societas Archaeologica Upsaliensis, Sweden & Lars Lundkvist, Swedish National Heritage Board, ...
Et tu Sator
2011-04-02 15:24:00 Tonight I’m hitting old hunting grounds. When I grow up in Jonkoping and getting of age to spend my nights on pubs and clubs several nights were spent on the locally infamous pub Lilla Krogen (the little bar). As I recall it this was the place were people that were to drunk to get into ... Mer om: Music
What does a Groot Constantia ca 1790 taste like?
2011-03-26 15:02:00 Detta inlägg finns på svenska på min vinblogg Aqua Vitae (This post is a translation from Swedish that was originally posted at my wine blog Aqua Vitae) I got a comment on a recent post on the ca 1790 Groot Constantia bottle from François Audouze. I’ve read his columns in Swedish wine magazine Livets Goda for ...
A few words on prehistoric and historic wine imports, etc.
2011-03-25 23:30:00 Detta inlägg finns på svenska på min vinblogg Aqua Vitae (This post is a translation from Swedish that was originally posted at my wine blog Aqua Vitae) The Stockholm wine puller guilds emblem A few weeks ago I wrote about the discovery of a unique wine bottle, found on the seabed of the Stockholm archipelago in ... Mer om: stockholm
Runic et Mediævalia 2011
2011-03-22 15:47:00 Tonight is the society Runic et Mediævalia holds its annual meeting. After the meeting is held the traditional lecture. This year it’s about Bero Magni (Björn Magnusson). For me he is an unknown but in 15th century Vienna he was probably one of the most reverend Swedes at the time. For more than 30 years ...
A blast from the past
2011-03-18 17:23:00 The other day my eye caught a glimpse of Drakar & Demoner brädspelet (Dungeons & Dragons the board game). I picked up the game, read on the back and suddenly I was 15 again, holding the Dungeons & Dragons RPG module, throwing dices, lost deep inside a fantasy world ? I just knew I gotta ... Mer om: Rollspel
New job, new town, new challenges
2011-03-18 00:36:00 Unemployment – bye, bye! Kalmar ? Hallo! I’m south east bound ? to Kalmar in Kalmar County on the Swedish south east coast where I will work at Kalmar läns museum (Kalmar County museum) from the end of April ’til September or longer. Kalmar county is part of Småland where I worked a lot in ... Mer om: Jönköping
30 Day Song Challenge
Mer artiklar från denna bloggen:2011-03-17 00:12:00 I found this on facebook and thought it rather fun, check it out here. I’ll join but I’ll do it here on the blog-.please feel free to follow -. post a link in the comment field and hopefully boyth yopu and I will foind some new, ol or forgotten classics. Btw click on like at ... Mer om: Music 1-30, 31-60, 61-90, 91-120, 121-150 |
