Mankind
Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 2 (Winter 2003)
pp.
155-173
From Grandmother's
Shears to the Shield of Achilles: A Look at the European
Dimension of the Finnish Folk Culture.
Eero Jarva
The author explores the earliest
historical and archaeological record of shears, and
uses his findings to discuss how an examination of
historical period and Iron Age material culture from
wide parts of central, Eastern and Southern Europe
might help to answer questions about the origins of
Finnish material culture and ethnicity.
