Regional Identities and Technologies of the Self: Nail-Cleaners in Roman Britain

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Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-69

  Crummy, Nina ^a   Eckardt, Hella ^a  

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EID: 33646574504     PISSN: 00665983     EISSN: 23732288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00665983.2003.11078169     Document Type: Article

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