Materiality, personhood and monumentality in early Neolithic Britain

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-347

  Kirk, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34347309317     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774306000205     Document Type: Article

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