Borderland-stalkers and Stalking-horses Horse Sacrifice as Liminal Activity in the Early Iron Age
This paper investigates the fact that many Early Iron Age wetland sacrifices were deliberately placed in liminal zones. The sacrifice of horses as well as the manipulation of their heads, hoofs and tails turned them into liminal creatures. In this way they imitated the liminal creature, in particul...
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| Language: | English |
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Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet
2006-12-01
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| Series: | Current Swedish Archaeology |
| Online Access: | https://193.10.12.85:443/csa/article/view/712 |