Interpreting the neolithic: The monuments of North Yorkshire

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-295

  Harding, Jan ^a  

^a NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; NEOLITHIC;

ENGLAND; NORTH YORKSHIRE; UK;

EID: 0031410881     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0092.00041     Document Type: Article

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