Compared to the autochthonous idea, that the Slavs came to Illyricum from Poland is of even older date ( 12th century ).
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Bruce Lincoln ( 1999 ) attributes autochthonous ideas such as Frawley's to " parochial nationalism ", terming them " exercises in scholarship ( = myth + footnotes ) ", where archaeological data spanning several millennia is selectively invoked, with no textual sources to control the inquiry, in support of the theorists'desired narrative.
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The changing political climate allowed anthropologists " to reposition autochthonous ideas within their discipline "; Herseni, " an important Legionary sociologist ", " provides an exemplary case of post-war re-adaptation, professionally and theoretically . " Bucur also argues that Herseni stands as a prime example of an " openly racist " eugenicist whom the communist regime was able to recover for its own propaganda purposes.