Local colour: Megalithic architecture and colour symbolism in neolithic Arran

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 339-350

  Jones, Andrew ^a  

^a MCDONALD INSTITUTE FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0004552085     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0092.00088     Document Type: Article

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