From the cradle to the grave: Age organization and the early anglo-saxon burial rite

World Archaeology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 456-472

  Stoodley, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anglo saxon; Burial rite; Gender; Households; Skeletal data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040520465     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240009696932     Document Type: Article

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