The Late Iron Age Bear-Tooth Pendants in Finland: Symbolic Mediators between Women, Bears, and Wilderness?

In the article I discuss the different functions and meanings of bronze bear-tooth pendants in the Finnish Late Iron Age (800-1150/1300 CE). I first focus on an analysis of the pendants in terms of archaeological methodology: chronology, typology and find context. The second focus on attention, and...

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Main Author: NORA KIVISALO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society for the Study of Religion 2008-09-01
Series:Temenos
Online Access:https://journal.fi/temenos/article/view/4591