Objects with attitude: Biographical facts and fallacies in the study of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warrior graves

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 217-232

  Whitley, James ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0442318661     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774302000112     Document Type: Article

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