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T1  - Sexy beasts – animistic ontology, sexuality and hunter-gatherer rock art in Northern Fennoscandia 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/308507 
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A1  - Lahelma, Antti 
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Y1  - 2019 
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AB  - A wide range of rock art sites associated with hunter-gatherer populations in Northern Fennoscandia depict scenes where men, women and animals (usually elk or deer) are involved in a sexually charged act. For instance, at Namforsen (Sweden) and Kanozero (north-western Russia), elks appear to be 'monitoring' a human couple having sex. Ithyphallic figures accompanied by animals are found at several sites, such as Kanozero, where an ithyphallic figure brandishing an elk-headed staff is faced by a c... 
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KW  - 615 History and Archaeology; Rock art; Northern Europe; animism; hunting; sexuality; ELK 
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