Today there is a revival of groups who claim to practice ancient Latvian religion. They often accuse archaeologists of lying and concealing the evidence of Latvian past superiority. On the one hand, this might be considered a misuse of archaeological data in order to support religious or nationalistic beliefs. On the other hand, hypothetical reconstructions of prehistoric religious beliefs are related to public archaeology and the relationship between science and the wider society. The aim of this paper is to investigate attempts to reconstruct ancient Latvian prehistoric religion through the lens of the archaeology of religion, and at the same time to broaden the discussion into the problematic relationship between nationalism and public archaeology.

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有可能重建史前宗教吗？拉脱维亚考古与信徒

今天，声称信奉古代拉脱维亚宗教的团体正在复兴。他们经常指责考古学家撒谎和隐瞒拉脱维亚过去优越的证据。一方面，这可能被认为是滥用考古数据来支持宗教或民族主义信仰。另一方面，史前宗教信仰的假设性重建与公共考古学以及科学与更广泛社会之间的关系有关。本文旨在从宗教考古学的角度探讨重建古代拉脱维亚史前宗教的尝试，同时扩大对民族主义与公共考古学之间问题关系的讨论。