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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
das Kunsthistorische Museum in Vienna part 1 Egypt
2010-10-27 02:07:00 Is an art museum something for an archaeologist? If they?re anything like das Kunsthistorische Museum in Vienna, – YES they are. This museum holds a large collection of ancient Greek and Roman finds; statues, frescos, ceramics etc, prehistoric finds from Egypt etc. I took a great number of pictures and thought I?d present some of ...
Now I?m in Vienna
2010-10-27 02:07:00 I arrived earlier today after an adventurous trip, read about it here. I also got a tip on a museum I mustn?t miss; das Pathologisch-anatomisches Bundesmuseum Wien. Hopefully a visit for Wednesday. Magnus Reuterdahl
Packing my bags
2010-10-27 02:07:00 Tomorrow it?s off to Austria and a few days vacation followed by a few days at the European Wine Bloggers Conference – I also host a wine blog Aqua Vitae (in Swedish). So the comming week it’s all museums and wines! I?ll be sure to post some photos and words on the museums and sights ...
Digital piracy
2010-10-27 02:07:00 Today one of my hotmail accounts was shanghaied; fortunately, I found it quickly and was able to regain control of the account. Two spam mails, however, was sent out from my merovingerking account with the title ?Hi? ? if you happened to get one dispose of it asap. While I understand why it?s done – ...
Tonight I?m watching?
2010-10-27 02:07:00 ?the follow up of the semi-classic movie Swamp thing, the return of Swamp thing. Swamp thing was one of my favourite comic ?heroes? in my youth. It was released in 1989 starring Heather Locklear. I have a soft spot for ?bad? movies and especially bad movies with actors/actresses that later on got to be famous. ...
Current state of affairs at Testimony of the spade
2010-10-27 02:07:00 It?s currently a bit slow here on Testimony of the spade of late, this is partly due to my work situation. At present I spend my days in front of the computer finishing up reports, memos, photos etc. Soon it will be change in this. In a few weeks, before this job ends I’m going ...
Changes
2010-10-27 00:45:00 Then this sojourn in Östersund has come to an end. Well it is as it and now it?s time to find new projects or a new employer. I?ve liked it up here, it?s a nice enough city and my colleagues have been great and i’ve learned a lot- though it will good to be without ...
J.D. ? R.I.P.
2010-02-01 04:00:00 J.D. Salinger has past away at age 91, an eccentric and legendary author best known for his Cather in the Rye (1951). Catcher is a great read but my favourites are his debut novel A Perfect Day for Bananafish (1948) and Franny and Zooey (1961). Now Salinger is one of those authors that I got know ...
Medieval Stockholm on display
2010-02-01 04:00:00 The entrance to the Museum of Medieval Stockholm, in the background to the left is the royal castle and the Old town and to the right Sveriges Riksdag (the Swedish Parliament building). For those of you that are not familiar with Stockholm, it?s the capitol of Sweden; the city was founded during the 12th or 13th century ... Mer om: stockholm
Reopening of the Medieval Museum of Stockholm
2010-02-01 04:00:00 Tomorrow I?ll attend the reopening of the Medieval Museum of Stockholm. Officially it opens at 1400 but I got an invitation, btw thanks, to the opening ceremony at 1200 so if you?re attending- see you there! Magnus Reuterdahl Mer om: stockholm
Currently reading
2010-02-01 04:00:00 I’ve just opened up the covers of Thomas McGuane ? Ninety-Two in the shade (1973). A long time ago, at least it seems that way, I worked in a second hand record and book shop in Jönköping. It?s closed now but I am still in contact with the owner and my previous employer when I get ...
Once again in Östersund
2010-02-01 04:00:00 This time I was greeted by a cloud of smoke, ca 200-300 m NNW of my living quarters a fire is raging. Well, raging is perhaps a somewhat strong word as the fire department believes that they have the situation under control. But the smell of warm metal, charcoal and smoke is eminent and I ...
Where things happens to end up
2010-02-01 04:00:00 Sometimes you get mysterious backlinks, some awakes the curiosity in me; I got a back link to this pdf that caught my attention which in turn led me to the Apple Valley Unified School, California, USA, and the Granite Hills High School . The pdf is regarding the human skeleton and there is a photograph on a ...
The doors to the dark ages opens again
2010-02-01 04:00:00 The Museum of Medieval Stockholm re-opens after renovation with a new exhibit on January 24th. The facilities has been closed since june 15th 2007, though a temporary exhibit has been available at Kulturhuset. I for one intend to be there. The museum has been one of my favorites in Stockholm therefore I hope that the newly ... Mer om: stockholm
Give me some attention, lend me your ear
2010-02-01 04:00:00 The anthro blog carnival Four Stone Hearth # 84 is now up and running at A Primate of Modern Aspect. I?ve been lazy when it comes to contributions of late but this time I managed to write something, btw I?ll host come ed # 85 on Feb. 10th. Now I suggest that you hurry up ...
On the threshold of (archaeological) history
2010-02-01 04:00:00 First things first, this is not the 1938 detective story To Wake the Dead by John Dickson Carr but a book on renaissance merchant Cyriacus of Ancona (1391-1452) aka Cyriacus Pizzecolli who went and became the original Indian Jones by Marina Belozerskaya. This book is a nice read; it has pleasant flow and good prose combined with ...
Kille is the name of the game
2010-01-31 11:51:00 I got older a few days ago, one of the presents managed to find its way over here; a deck of cards. Now this might not seem like much but there was some though behind this, I?ll get back to that. The game is called Kille spelet which if I understand it right is derived from ...
Merry Christmas ? Happy Holidays
2010-01-01 06:42:00 It?s that time of year again; the holidays are a knocking. Got one more day of work on my hands and then I?m off till January the 11th. I?ll be spending Christmas in Karlskoga, the New Year in Stockholm and Twelfth night in Jonkoping. Evan though I?ll be travelling a lot I?ll try to squeeze ...
Happy New Year
2009-12-31 12:18:00 In spite of economics crises and a shortage of jobs 2009 been a good year for me and I?ve managed to stay employed through out the year as an archaeologist. I?ve also managed to a fair bit of blogging through out the year though it is been a little slow lately, I’ll do better 2010. I ...
Trenches of Mellingeholm
2009-12-21 00:27:00 About a month ago I worked on an archaeological preliminary investigation in Mellingeholm, just south of Norrtalje. Besides ancient monuments like graves, grave fields, settlements etc. There were also a lot of remains from the military, who used this area as practice field by the regiment Lv 3. Among the more memorable owns are these ... Mer om: Arkeologi
Booklets on Stockholm
2009-12-21 00:27:00 At a small flee market I visit on and off on my way to lunch when in Östersund I found a couple of books or rather booklets on place-names by Gustaf Brynnel. Gustaf Brynnel (1907-) I didn?t recognize his name so I googled him but didn?t find all that much. He was a teacher working in Nacka ... Mer om: stockholm
Good bye!
2009-12-01 04:12:00 Yesterday a co-worker passed away. I was fortunate enough to have been working with him, though unfortunately only for a much to brief a time. Björn Winberg was an inspiring man with great knowledge and understanding of archaeology and cultural heritage. I?ll remember him as a man who showed that he cared for those around ...
Mono or stereo?
2009-12-01 04:12:00 Yet another dissertation on the Middle Neolithic?s in Scandinavia is on the way, this time it?s Kim von Hackwitz who puts foward Längs med Hjälmarens stränder och förbi – relationen mellan den gropkeramiska kulturen och båtyxekulturen aka. Along the shores of Lake Hjälmaren and beyond ? the relationship between the Pitted Ware Culture and the ... Mer om: stockholm , Arkeologi
Two days on the topic quality
2009-12-01 04:12:00 I’ve attended a conference held by RAA (The Swedish National Heritage Board) on the topic Quality in exploratory/ assignment archaeology. This was two interesting days with good seminars and discussions and of course a lot of old and new friends. Most speakers spoke on what quality is and on how to reach good quality, about problems and obstacles ...
A hard long week
2009-12-01 04:12:00 It?s been a difficult and in many ways a hard week, for different reasons. This Monday I attended a funeral, in Jonkoping, for a close friend of the family. Funerals are never fun but can be a situation for contemplation. Besides thinking on the departed I found myself thinking on ceremonies and rites. As an ...
Silence of the finds
2009-12-01 04:12:00 It?s been a bit quite here at Testimony lately. I currently read a couple of books that I intend to write a few lines on here and for the Osteological Associations periodical Benbiten. To give sound to the silence two hits of the 60?s one by its original artists and a cover; Keep a look out for ...
We?ve made the news
2009-12-01 04:12:00 Today we were part of the headlines in Norrtelje Tidning (article in Swedish). It’s me holding the Rover. Magnus Reuterdahl Mer om: Uppland , Norrtälje
Final week at Mellingeholm
2009-12-01 04:12:00 This week will be a GIS kind of week for me, a lot o f measuring with the rover and the total station and processing the data and in between helping out in the search pits. As winter?s approaching the days are getting shorter, the weather in itself posses small or no problem but the ... Mer om: Uppland , Norrtälje
Ancient find lito
2009-12-01 04:12:00 I collect things; books, comics, art, wine etc. One that I really dig is historic maps and anatomy lithos (osteology), a few weeks ago I stumbled upon this lithography, originally from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. 5. Auflage. Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig und Wien 1897 that I just had to have even though its not a map and there’s ...
Mellingeholm part 2
Mer artiklar från denna bloggen:2009-12-01 04:12:00 A new week in the field awaits. Last week we managed to do a lot of work but there?s still plenty to do. We?ve dug a lot of search pits, ca 5-10 m in length 1,5-2 m in width and 0,4-0,5 m in depth, to delimit two grave fields. Between these grave fields earlier archaeological ... Mer om: Uppland 1-30, 31-60, 61-90, 91-120, 121-150 |
