Bears and Meanings among Hunter-fisher-gatherers in Northern Fennoscandia 9000–2500 BC
An examination of meanings associated with bears among early hunter-gatherer-fisher populations in northern Fennoscandia, based on beliefs and ritual practices in the ethnohistoric record, indicates that they were an animal attributed multiple meanings in prehistoric as well as historic times. They...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0959774312000248 2024-05-19T07:40:06+00:00 Bears and Meanings among Hunter-fisher-gatherers in Northern Fennoscandia 9000–2500 BC Helskog, Knut 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0959774312000248 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0959774312000248 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Cambridge Archaeological Journal volume 22, issue 2, page 209-236 ISSN 0959-7743 1474-0540 journal-article 2012 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0959774312000248 2024-04-25T06:51:37Z An examination of meanings associated with bears among early hunter-gatherer-fisher populations in northern Fennoscandia, based on beliefs and ritual practices in the ethnohistoric record, indicates that they were an animal attributed multiple meanings in prehistoric as well as historic times. They were clan ancestors, spirit masters and symbols of power and reincarnation such as rebirth and the change of seasons. The evidence indicates a pattern of local variation and identities rather than a uniform regional pattern, and some large-scale differences from the coastal area of Norway in the west to Karelia in the east. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia Cambridge University Press Cambridge Archaeological Journal 22 2 209 236 |
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An examination of meanings associated with bears among early hunter-gatherer-fisher populations in northern Fennoscandia, based on beliefs and ritual practices in the ethnohistoric record, indicates that they were an animal attributed multiple meanings in prehistoric as well as historic times. They were clan ancestors, spirit masters and symbols of power and reincarnation such as rebirth and the change of seasons. The evidence indicates a pattern of local variation and identities rather than a uniform regional pattern, and some large-scale differences from the coastal area of Norway in the west to Karelia in the east. |
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Bears and Meanings among Hunter-fisher-gatherers in Northern Fennoscandia 9000–2500 BC |
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Bears and Meanings among Hunter-fisher-gatherers in Northern Fennoscandia 9000–2500 BC |
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Bears and Meanings among Hunter-fisher-gatherers in Northern Fennoscandia 9000–2500 BC |
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Bears and Meanings among Hunter-fisher-gatherers in Northern Fennoscandia 9000–2500 BC |
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Bears and Meanings among Hunter-fisher-gatherers in Northern Fennoscandia 9000–2500 BC |
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bears and meanings among hunter-fisher-gatherers in northern fennoscandia 9000–2500 bc |
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