Shifting perceptions: Spatial order, cosmology, and patterns of deposition at Stonehenge

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-90

  Pollard, Joshua ^a   Ruggles, Clive ^b  

^a Caerleon Campus   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038529423     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s095977430100004x     Document Type: Review

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