The Vedic Agni and Scandinavian Fire Rituals: A Possible Connection
To use ethnographic analogies is not the same as picking up ready-made interpretations from one cultural context and importing them into another. On the contrary, analogies are a powerful and necessary tool for any archaeological interpretation. If we as scientists are not aware of this we will mos...
Main Author: | Anders Kaliff |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet
2005-12-01
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Series: | Current Swedish Archaeology |
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Online Access: | https://193.10.12.85:443/csa/article/view/739 |
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