Anthony F. Aveni, 'Creation Stories: Landscapes and the Human Imagination'

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  • Michael A. Rappenglück Adult Education Centre and Observatory

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https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.26601

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Book review, Creation Stories, Aveni

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Anthony F. Aveni, Creation Stories: Landscapes and the Human Imagination
New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press, 2021. Hardback, 220 pp.
ISBN 978-0-300-25124-1. £20.00.

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2023-07-13

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Rappenglück, M. A. (2023). Anthony F. Aveni, ’Creation Stories: Landscapes and the Human Imagination’. Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, 9(1), 101-107. https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.26601