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Martin Rundkvist

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 4, 2022 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  11:28, 4 March 2022 (UTC)



Martin Rundkvist (born 4 April 1972) is a Swedish archaeologist who focuses on the Bronze, Iron, and Middle Ages of Scandinavia. Rundkvist has studied and excavated various sites in Sweden. In a 2011 book, he identified nine possible regional power centres in Östergötland, and attempted to determine where the "Beowulfian mead halls" of the day once stood. Excavating years later at one of these sites, Aska, Rundkvist uncovered the foundations of a large mead hall, and 22 ornate gold figures that may have represented gods or royals. In other works, Rundkvist has cataloged the finds from Barshalder, the largest prehistoric cemetery on the Swedish island of Gotland; excavated a Viking boat grave; and analysed both the placement of deposited artefacts in the landscape and the lifestyles of the Scandinavian élite during the Middle Ages. Rundkvist authors the blog Aardvarchaeology, which the James Randi Educational Foundation termed "the most-read archaeology blog on the Internet". He currently serves as an associate professor at the University of Łódź in Poland.
 * Most recent similar article(s): The most recent article on an archaeologist to run was of V. Gordon Childe, on 19 October 2020.
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 * Promoted: 5 July 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: 4 April 2022 is Rundkvist's 50th birthday, so it is hard to imagine a better date for the article to run. The article, too, has had an interesting history, involving two deletions (first in 2008, then again in 2020); after all that, it would be nice to see it on the main page.
 * Support as nominator. Usernameunique (talk) 01:09, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Support as co-nominator. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:08, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment. It's extremely impressive that you've managed to get this from deleted at AfD to FA in a little more than a year. But the front page is a lot of exposure for a living, relatively low-profile individual. Has anyone asked Rundkvist whether he's okay with it? ? –&#8239;Joe (talk) 08:30, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment. I would be most pleased and honoured. I assure you that I am not known in Scandinavian archaeology as someone who keeps a relatively low profile. Even though some might say that all of Scandinavian archaeology is a low-profile subject. Martin Rundkvist (talk) 10:02, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I should have said low-profile relative to e.g. the Kardashians, like all but a few academics! :) –&#8239;Joe (talk) 14:18, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment Tack så mycket! Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:20, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:35, 18 February 2022 (UTC)