Sacred and Profane Livelihood
Animal Bones from Sieidi Sites in Northern Finland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6094859 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tiina Äikäs (0000-0002-3575-7236, University of Oulu, corresponding author), Anna-Kaisa Puputti (University of Oulu, corresponding author), M Nunez (0000-0001-6545-5821, University of Oulu, corresponding author), Jouni Aspi (0000-0002-2451-3201, University of Oulu, corresponding author), Jari Okkonen (0000-0001-6488-9118, University of Oulu, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 109-122 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Norwegian Archaeological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-3652 • E-ISSN: 1502-7678 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00293650903289641 |
| OpenAlex | W1981640160 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 11 |
In this paper, animal offerings at Sámi sacrificial sites, sieidi (SaaN), will be discussed from an archaeological and a zooarchaeological point of view. Offerings are seen as a part of daily subsistence activities where the border between sacred and profane was fuzzy and transient. We take the position that animal offerings cannot be interpreted as ritual actions clearly separated from everyday life, but, rather, we have to take into account that the relationship between offerings and livelihood was seen as a dynamic one in a holistic worldview. We discuss archaeological finds from three sieidi sites as examples and claim that the offerings taken to sieidi sites tell us about daily subsistence strategies but at the same time also about the relationship between people and animals in the worldview of the Sámi
Agriculture · Archaeology · Business · Environmental ethics · Ethnology · Geography · Livelihood · Position (finance) · Sociology · Subsistence agriculture · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Philosophy · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,63 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |