Human sacrifice and value

Mette Løvschal; Svein Harald Gullbekk; Mette-Louise Johansen; Sean O'neill; Matthew Walsh; Rane Willerslev

doi:10.15184/aqy.2019.104

Human sacrifice and value

Mette Løvschal, Svein Harald Gullbekk, Mette-Louise Johansen, Sean O'neill, Matthew Walsh , Rane Willerslev

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Abstract

Human sacrifice is a well-attested and much mythologised phenomenon of human society, but what constitutes human sacrifice? Why is socially sanctioned violence considered sacrifice? And why are human lives sacrificed? New research uses archaeological case studies from Scandinavia to understand performative violence.

Original language	English
Article number	e23
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	93
Issue number	370
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0003-598X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2019.104 https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2019.104
Publication status	Published - 2019

Keywords

human sacrifice
anthropology of value
ritualized violence

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