Hillforts, monumentality and place: A chronological and topographic review of first millennium BC hillforts of South-East England

European Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-42

  Hamilton, Sue ^a   Manley, John ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sussex Archaeological Society

^c Bull House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enclosure; Hillfort; Iron Age; Landscape; Late Bronze Age; Monument; South East England; Topographic emplacement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747809259     PISSN: 14619571     EISSN: 17412722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146195710100400101     Document Type: Review

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