A fear of the past: The place of the prehistoric burial mound in the ideology of middle and later anglo-saxon england

World Archaeology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-126

  Semple, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anglo saxon; Christian; Documentary sources; Landscape perception; Pagan; Prehistoric barrow

Indexed keywords

ANGLOS SAXON; BURIAL MOUND; CULTURAL HISTORY; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; IDEOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PERCEPTION; PREHISTORIC;

ENGLAND; UK;

EID: 0031856330     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.1998.9980400     Document Type: Article

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