Technology, transformation and symbolism: Ethnographic perspectives on European iron working

Norwegian Archaeological Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-19

  Haaland, Randi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 35349014783     PISSN: 00293652     EISSN: 15027678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00293650410001207     Document Type: Article

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