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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
Titta på rutinerna istället för att peta i lagen
2011-03-09 15:05:00 This post is about the Swedish governments new review concerning legislation and national goals on the cultural heritage area, see more here. I’ve chosen to write this in Swedish as the debate concerns Swedish conditions. Igår kom regeringen med ett uppdrag till en särskild utredare att utreda en översyn av lagstiftning och nationella mål på kulturmiljöområdet. ...
A special investigator is about to review the legislation and the national
2011-03-08 15:02:00 The Swedish government will review the concerning legislation and national goals on the cultural heritage area. According to the conclusions a special investigator is to review the legislation and the national goals of cultural heritage area. The inquiry will include: proposals for legislative change in the cultural heritage area which will aim to increase opportunities to ...
A bottle from the past
2011-03-07 19:19:00 Detta inlägg finns på svenska på min blogg Aqua Vitae ? välkommen! The other day I posted a story on my wine blog Aqua Vitae, this an English version of that post, though a bit shortened, about an odd find. It’s not every day I find common denominators between my interest in wine and in ... Mer om: South Africa
Tore Artelius R.I.P.
2011-03-04 00:41:00 I just got word that Swedish archaeologist Tore Artelius (1954-2011) have passed away. I met him on occasion and had some contacts via mail as we shared a common interest in Iron Age grave fields. Tore Artelius dissertation and several of his articles and reports are good and important reads on Iron Age burials and ...
Interviewed in Västerviks tidning
2011-03-03 10:40:00 Today an interview in with me and fellow archaeologist Veronika Palm (Kalmar County museum and Västeviks museum) is published in Västervik s tidning (newspaper). The article is on the proposition on the new deal for exploratory (mission) archaeology in Sweden that is currently out on a consultation round, see more here. To read the article click ...
4th annual archaeology seminar in Blankaholm
2011-02-28 19:46:00 This weekand we visited Blankaholm on the Swedish east coast for the Blankaholm seminars arranged by archaeologist and local resident Michael Dahlin, who is also the man behind the Swedish archaeology blog Misterhultaren. All seminars are connected via the prehistory or history of the Swedish east coast, the themes are varied as well as the ... Mer om: Kalmar
Quoted on Swedish radio
2011-02-25 09:57:00 Testimony of the spade was mentioned and quoted on Swedish radio this morning, in the program P1 Morgon (Morning-show) or possibly in one of the morning newscasts at P1, in connection with discussions on exploratory archaeology and due to the proposition Increased competition in the mission (exploratory) archaeological field – some changes to the Cultural Heritage ...
A new dawn for exploratory archaeology in Sweden ? or will we crash and bur
2011-02-20 12:50:00 The other day the Swedish government sent Increased competition in the Mission archaeological field – some changes to the Cultural Heritage Act (DS 2011:6) out for consultation (Link in Swedish). The Ministry says that the starting point of the proposals is that they should promote competition and to clarify roles and responsibilities within the (exploratory) ... Mer om: Sweden
A ship, a wreck? ? an etching
2011-02-09 14:09:00 updated We are currently switching our bedroom with our study due to the fact that our library has grown and continues to grow. When you take things down from shelves and walls you will find things you forgot other things have been there so long that you become blind to them as this picture. It ... Mer om: Sweden
R.I.P. Gary Moore
2011-02-06 20:05:00 Another hero bites the dust. It might be a sign of age that your childhood heroes are beginning to die off. I found Gary Moore via Thin Lizzy where he did great work ? his solo albums contains lots of great stuff but my favourite album with Gary was and is G-force from 1979. I ... Mer om: Music
A few words on the CAA-Sweden work-shop on GIS-data 2011-01-31
2011-02-04 21:03:00 Detta inlägg finns tillgängligt på svenska här. Note this is not necessarily CAA-SE views but my own, although I hope they largely conform. CAA = Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology There are several good digital resources on the Internet. Two good Swedish resources are Fornsök and K-samsök (K-samsök is in Beta). These are ...
Några ord om CAA-SE work-shopen om GIS-data 2011-01-31
2011-02-04 20:57:00 This post is available in English here Notera att detta inte nödvändigtvis CAA-SE åsikter, men mina egna, men jag hoppas de till stor del överensstämmer. Det finns flera bra digitala register som är användbara för såväl yrkesverksamma. Forskare , studenter och intresserad allmänhet, t ex Fornsök, Riksantikvarieämbetets databas över fasta fornlämningar. I denna kan man ...
Runica et Mediævalia 2010 editions
2011-02-01 18:33:00 New books on my reading list, from Runica et Mediævalia: Det senmedeltida Stockholm ? en språklig och kulturell smältdegel (The late medieval Stockholm – a linguistic and cultural melting pot). Stefan Mähl. Sällskapet Runica et Mediævalia Lectiones 9, 2010. Bebådelsebilder. Om bildbruk under medeltiden (Annunciation pictures. About use of pictures during the Middle Ages.). Mia Åkestam. ...
At CAA- SE (Sweden) work-shop
2011-01-31 13:09:00 I’m currently at the CAA-SE work-shop at Histroriska museet in Stockholm. It’s about to start – so I’ll update later this afternoon. If you are interested I’ll tweet some comments during at #CAASE @Reuterdahl Magnus Reuterdahl
CAA SE work-shop in Stockholm
2011-01-28 20:27:00 Some time ago a section for CAA, Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, started in Sweden. I just found out that they hold a workshop on Monday January 31st – on GIS data, in Stockholm. I?ll participate in this. For more information see their group page at LinkedIn. Magnus Reuterdahl Mer om: Arkeologi
Publish or perish or?
2011-01-25 14:26:00 One of the academia demands is to publish, or perish i.e. if you aren?t seen you?re not there. Now there?s a new Journal in town that sees things a bit differently: more info here Magnus Reuterdahl
Lights out?
2011-01-21 02:30:00 Not much activity at the moment ? this is due to intensive work elsewhere. I currently am unemployed so I write application for the few jobs announced and writing letter of interest to others. So keep a look out in your e-mail folders A few post are coming later on! If you happen to see ...
Second hand finds
2011-01-17 23:24:00 I like to scavenge throw flee markets and second hand shops. I look for different things but most often end up buying books. Today we managed three stores in Karlskoga. Didn?t find all that much but as always a few books ended up in my possession. The County museums in collaboration with the local historical ...
Time travelling; east coast sessions
2011-01-17 23:24:00 This year I and my fiancée will go to the Blankaholm archaeological session; Forntid längs Ostkusten, Prehistory along the Swedish east coast. An annual session arranged by Michael Dahlin a.k.a. Misterhultaren. There several interesting seminars, all in Swedish. I?ll give some reports on them when the time comes. More information is available at the blog ...
Attack of the silverfishes
2011-01-17 23:24:00 Jönköping County museum closes its exhibitions until May 2012 because of a need to sanitize the facilities due to silverfish (Lepisma saccharina) aka fishmoths, carpet sharks or paramites. Silver fish are small, wingless insects who live on a diet of carbohydrates such as starches ? not all that great in a museum. Especially not one with plenty of art in their collection ...
2010 in review
2011-01-17 23:24:00 Got this from the good people at wordpress.com – a kind of summery of 2010 – check it out The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter? reads Wow. Crunchy numbers About 3 million people visit ...
Last post of 2010
2011-01-17 23:24:00 Unemployed again, that?s the life of an archaeologist. Though next year looks quite good ? there are several big jobs in the loop so there are good chances of jobs as soon as the snow melts. Meanwhile there are a few job openings that I?ve applied for: one at the National Heritage Board (Riksantikvarieämbetet) and ...
Holiday reading
2011-01-17 23:24:00 As New Years eve is closing in there are still a few days of relaxing left. A perfect opportunity to do some reading. I?m currently reading Barbara W. Tuchmans the First salut. A book on the American Revolutionary history; the 13 colonies vs. the Brits. This is a piece of history I know very little ...
Eight legged space pacer in imaginary space ? a Christmas Carol
2011-01-17 23:24:00 Let?s sit in front of the fire and I?ll tell you all a Christmas story? ?this Christmas a Christmas gift found its way to it meant receiver, me, after collecting dust for 35 years. Let?s start this story from the beginning. I was born in 1974 and my grandmother on my father?s side passed away ...
Christmas greetings from Testimony of the spade
2011-01-17 23:24:00 Tomorrow comes Christmas Eve ? witch is the start of the Christmas celebrations in Sweden, e.g, eating, drinking and feasting all day and all night. I wish you all merry Christmas and or happy holidays. Magnus Reuterdahl
Four Stone Hearth #109; Last edition of 2010
2011-01-17 23:24:00 O most fortunate reader, wash your hands and thus take hold of the book, turn the pages carefully, keep your hand far from the page! Those who don?t know how to write think it is easy. O how hard it is to write: your eyes are burdened, your kidneys break, and all of your limbs ...
4SH #109 call for contributions
2011-01-17 23:24:00 On Wednesday, December 22, Testimony of the spade will once again stand as host for the biweekly blog carnival Fourth Stone Hearth. The carnival specializes in anthropology in the widest (American) sense of that word. I.e. the study of humankind, throughout all times and places, focussing primarily on four lines of research: archaeology socio-cultural anthropology bio-physical anthropology ...
Schloss Schönbrunn and Schwedenplatz
2010-10-27 02:07:00 Hi Don’t have time to write anything here today so check out my Vienna adventures at my wine blog Aqua Vitae (this week I post in English there as well). There you can see a few nice pictures at Schloss Schönbrunn and learn the story behind the name Schwedenplatz (Sweden square). Magnus Reuterdahl
das Kunsthistorische Museum in Vienna part 3 the Roman Empire
2010-10-27 02:07:00 The last post on das Kunsthistorische Museum in Vienna (for this time), here are some photos from the Roman Empire exhibit. Gaius Julius Caesar ( 100-44 BC) Augustus, Gaius Octavius Thurinus (63 BC-14 AD) Publius Aelius Hadrianus (76-138 AD) Lucius Septimius Severus (145 ? 211 AD) Jupiter Jupiter Mercury Roman citizen Amazon Terra Sigillata Magnus Reuterdahl ...
das Kunsthistorische Museum in Vienna part 2 Cyprus and Greek
Mer artiklar från denna bloggen:2010-10-27 02:07:00 Continuing with pictures from das Kunsthistorische Museum in Vienna, here are some statues, bronzes and ceramics from Cyprus and Greece. A Cypriote statue dating to ca 550 BC. Some Greek statues, bronzes and ceramics. Zeus Eros Aphrodite Aphrodite Aristoteles Magnus Reuterdahl 1-30, 31-60, 61-90, 91-120, 121-150 |
