Monuments and the past in early anglo-saxon england

World Archaeology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 90-108

  Williams, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anglo saxon; Burial; Early medieval; Monument reuse; Mortuary practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039816921     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.1998.9980399     Document Type: Article

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