New AMS dates from the Lambourn long barrow and the question of the earliest Neolithic in Southern England: Repacking the Neolithic package?

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-35

  Schulting, Rick J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002997365     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0092.00097     Document Type: Article

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