“Pagan” and “Prehistory” Conceal More Than They Reveal

“The words ‘Pagan’ and ‘prehistory’ conceal far more than they reveal! They’re artifacts of a time when we knew little about what had happened anywhere in the centuries before Christ.”

Source: Expanding Mental Models · (Section 18: Pagans, Deer, and Migration Routes)

Compressed challenge to two foundational terms. The author insists these labels actively obscure knowable ancient societies by defining them only through absence (absence of Christianity, absence of writing).

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