Pots and pits: Drinking and deposition in late iron age south-east Britain

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-161

  Pitts, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

IRON AGE;

ROMAN;

EID: 18844368588     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2005.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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