Jack Linthicum
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 Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject: Skamby Boat Grave Paper Published |
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Go to the cite to get click sites for the various papers associated
with this dig.
Martin Rundkvist 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
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Skamby Boat Grave Paper Published
Category: Archaeology • Sweden
Posted on: November 5, 2008 8:20 AM, by Martin R
When you>ve finished an archaeological excavation, you always produce
an archive report describing the results. Most excavation units these
days actually publish their reports in small print runs. If you>re
lucky enough to find something really interesting, you should also try
to publish it in a journal, anthology or monograph. This is good for
you, because it enhances your academic qualifications, and it>s good
for research, because it makes new data available to colleagues and
opens up a discussion of the new finds.
In the summer of 2005, me and my friend Howard Williams directed the
excavation of a 9th century boat grave in Östergötland. The post-
excavation work has been a recurring theme in my blogging ever since
(here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here). I
finished the archive report and put it on-line in February 2007.
Now myself and Howard have published a long meaty paper on the boat
grave in Medieval Archaeology 52. The title is "A Viking Boat Grave
With Amber Gaming Pieces Excavated at Skamby, Östergötland, Sweden".
Download it and have a look! (Medieval Archaeology is ERIH grade A,
I>m proud to report.)
Now all that remains for me to do before I can lay the 2005 dig behind
me is to hand in the finds, including 18.1 kg of burnt daub. The
reason that I haven>t done so long ago is that the State Board of
National Antiquities still hasn>t decided which museum should receive
the stuff for safekeeping.
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