Temple at Uppsala, by Joshua J. Mark, published by World History Encyclopedia, is a general reference article on the great pre-Christian Norse temple described by the medieval chronicler Adam of Bremen, covering its reported idols, its periodic sacrificial festivals and the archaeological debate over how literally to read Adam's account. Its strength is a clear, well organized synthesis of both the medieval textual source and the modern archaeological discussion around it, written for a general reference readership. Its limit is that it is a nonprofit encyclopedia article rather than original archaeological or philological research, so a claim resting on a specific disputed point in that scholarly debate needs the primary excavation reports or peer reviewed Norse studies literature it is itself drawing on.
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Reliability TierJoshua J. Mark's article for World History Encyclopedia is edited under the nonprofit reference site's own review process but is not a peer reviewed academic publication, the middle tier reflecting that editorial standard. NotesAn editorially reviewed reference encyclopedia article summarizing Adam of Bremen's eleventh-century account of the temple at Uppsala and its three idols, including modern scholarly caution about the account's reliability (the exact sacrificial count and festival interval are both disputed) and the inconclusive nineteenth-century excavation of the surrounding mounds. Used for that summary and its stated caveats, not as an independent primary account. 1 Citation
PublisherWorld History Encyclopedia 1 Publication Year URLhttps://www.worldhistory.org/Temple_at_Uppsala/ 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 2 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Articles, 10 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
- Sacred Sites, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Sources, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds.
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