Another way of seeking a common thread running through the varied phenomena of religions is to look back and ask whether and in what ways traces of religions activity can be discerned in prehistory.

• 另一个寻找贯穿宗教的各种各样的现象的普遍线索的方法是向古时寻找，问问是否和以什么方式史前史中宗教活动的线索能被辨别出来。