Talking about my generation: The date of the west kennet long barrow

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL.1, 2007, Pages 85-101

  Bayliss, Alex ^a   Whittle, Alasdair ^b   Wysocki, Michael ^c  

^a ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

long barrow; radiocarbon dates; West Kennet

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947587334     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: 14740540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774307000182     Document Type: Article

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