Book Review: Matthew J. Walsh, Sean O’Neill and Lasse Sørensen (eds), In the Darkest of Days. Exploring Human Sacrifice and Value in Southern Scandinavian Prehistory. 2024, Oxford and Philadelphia: Oxbow Books, 144 pp., 41 plates
The titular darkest of days is a moment that inevitably affects every society from the Stone Age to the present. Then comes the time for desperate behaviour. It is also a time for sacrifices, including of humans. The subject of human sacrifices is closely linked to Scandinavian archaeology – consid...
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Main Author: | Piotr Włodarczak |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences
2024-12-01
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Series: | Archaeologia Polona |
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Online Access: | https://journals.iaepan.pl/apolona/article/view/3925 |
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