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Northern Archaeology and Cosmology
Vesa-Pekka Herva and Antti Lahelma
2019
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In its analysis of the archaeologies and histories of the northern fringe of Europe, this book provides a focus on animistic–shamanistic cosmologies and the associated human–environment relations from the Neolithic to modern times. The North has fascinated Europeans throughout history, as an enchanted world of natural and supernatural marvels: a land of light and dark, of northern lights and the midnight sun, of witches and magic and of riches ranging from amber to oil. Northern lands conflate fantasies and realities. Rich archaeological, historical, ethnographic and folkloric materials combine in this book with cutting-edge theoretical perspectives drawn from relational ontologies and epistemologies, producing a fresh approach to the prehistory and history of a region that is pivotal to understanding Europe-wide processes, such as Neolithization and modernization. This book examines the mythical and actual northern worlds, with northern relational modes of perceiving and engaging with the world on the one hand and the ‘place’ of the North in European culture on the other. This book is an indispensable read for scholars of archaeology, anthropology, cultural studies and folklore in northern Europe, as well as researchers interested in how the North is intertwined with developments in the broader European and Eurasian world. It provides a deep-time understanding of globally topical issues and conflicting interests, as expressed by debates and controversies around Arctic resources, nature preservation and indigenous rights.
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Keywords
- Baltic Sea Region
- Baroque cosmology
- Boat Burial
- Boreal Zone
- Bronze Age Rock Art
- European archaeology
- Finnish Lapland
- Holy Mountain
- Household Spirits
- Lake Onega
- land uplift
- Late Mesolithic
- Neolithic rock art
- North Eastern Europe
- North Eastern Finland
- Northern Baltic Sea
- Northern Boreal Zone
- Northern Fennoscandia
- Olaus Rudbeck
- River Tornio
- Rock art
- Sea Board
- Semi-subterranean Houses
- South Eastern Finland
- Stone Age Rock Art
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DOI: 10.4324/9780429433948Editions