Testimony of the Spade
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| Blog Name: | Testimony of the Spade |
| Url: | http://inventerare.wordpress.com |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | Arkeologi, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage |
| Description: | Testimony of the spade is a blog foremost on archaeology, osteology and cultural heritage. My name is Magnus Reuterdahl and as I am from Sweden a lot of the entries concerns Sweden or northern Europe, although I also like to keep an eye on world archaeology. For example Chinese archaeology and the Yangshao culture. |
| Popularity: | 34 Followers |
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Two days on the topic quality
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 but also on possible solutions. As it’s very possible that the Swedish assignment archaeology will be subdued to the Public Procurement Act (Lagen om Offentlig Upphandling) in a near future. Today there are some exceptions to that act but the procedure is to be done in the spirit of the
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 but also on possible solutions. As it’s very possible that the Swedish assignment archaeology will be subdued to the Public Procurement Act (Lagen om Offentlig Upphandling) in a near future. Today there are some exceptions to that act but the procedure is to be done in the spirit of the
A hard long week
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 archaeologist you work with the past and the remains of those who lived a long time ago. Large parts of our material are from graves; memorial monuments over fathers, mothers, sons and daughters constructed by religious and social conventions, pretty much as today.
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 archaeologist you work with the past and the remains of those who lived a long time ago. Large parts of our material are from graves; memorial monuments over fathers, mothers, sons and daughters constructed by religious and social conventions, pretty much as today.
Silence of the finds
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
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
We’ve made the news
Today we were part of the headlines in Norrtelje Tidning (article in Swedish). It’s me holding the Rover. Magnus Reuterdahl
Today we were part of the headlines in Norrtelje Tidning (article in Swedish). It’s me holding the Rover. Magnus Reuterdahl
Final week at Mellingeholm
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 light does, as the time with sufficient working light becomes shorter. It also means that we start early, I getting up at 05.30 which is not my preferred time to get up; I just seem to want to curl up under bed sheets and sleep for just a little longer. Well off we go Magnus Reuterdahl
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 light does, as the time with sufficient working light becomes shorter. It also means that we start early, I getting up at 05.30 which is not my preferred time to get up; I just seem to want to curl up under bed sheets and sleep for just a little longer. Well off we go Magnus Reuterdahl
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