Category Archives: Landscapes & Geomorphology

Those without the X-ray eyes

Posted on 20/08/2010 by

When I started to read archaeology in 2002 a new world emerged. The world where the landscapes no longer just were nice backdrops – but rather something full of stories to tell the skilled eye. The fauna could tell me … Continue reading →

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Scientific proof (geology vs archaeology)

Posted on 10/08/2010 by

I have a background in archaeology (almost finished my MA). I left archaeology for two reasons. Firstly because theres absolutley no work for archaeologists. Secondly, because I got really fuckin tired of it – for many good reasons – the … Continue reading →

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Allarps Bjär and the stone of manly men

Posted on 27/07/2010 by

Yesterday I took a little car trip to the central parts of Skåne (Scania). To the area located on the Tornqvist zone which is rich in remains of volcanoes (basalt necks). This time to a location named Allarps Bjär (Bjär … Continue reading →

Posted in Excursions & travels, Landscapes & Geomorphology, Mineralogy, Petrology, Scania (Skåne) | 2 Comments

The ghostly hills of Scania

Posted on 04/07/2010 by

I guess unlike USA, here in Europe a lot of features and formations in the landscape are man made. Just the fact that we have had a lot of monument building, industrial and farming cultures for thousands of years have … Continue reading →

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Landscapes of Skåne

Posted on 13/06/2010 by

I’m just trying out Imageshack as an image host. Some landscape photos of Skåne (Scania) on this link.

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The volcanoes of Scania

Posted on 08/06/2010 by

(Fig. Modified map from Bergelin thesis showing a handfull of basalt necks. There exist over a 100 in total) Sweden is hardly famous for its volcanoes and most Swedes doesnt know about them. But we do have them, or at … Continue reading →

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The geology of Scania

Posted on 30/05/2010 by

Scania (Skåne) is the southern most part of the Swedish mainland. Its geology is complex and a result of many types of bedrock and separated events. The North-Eastern part of the Scanian peninsula is precambrian crystalline bedrock (granites ca 1.7 … Continue reading →

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Gonna do me some archaeology

Posted on 26/05/2010 by

Next time Im back home at my parents house Im going to do some archaeology for sure (I did start out my academical career in archaeology before taking on geology). I looked at a photo taken from a plane 1939 … Continue reading →

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Rebirth

Posted on 25/05/2010 by

Hi and welcome to my new blog on geology and paleontology. You might recognize me from before when I operated the blog Antimonite, and then also Terra Incognita which partly was written in English. Nowdays Im a graduate student (masters … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Petrology, Mineralogy, Biomineral & organominerals, Scania (Skåne), Gotland, Paleontology, Excursions & travels, Landscapes & Geomorphology, Geoarchaeology | 4 Comments