New information on the stone age graves at Dragsholm, Denmark

Acta Archaeologica

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-219

  Price, T Douglas ^a   Ambrose, Stanley H ^b   Bennike, Pia ^c   Heinemeier, Jan ^d   Noe Nygaard, Nanna ^c   Petersen, Erik Brinch ^c   Petersen, Peter Vang ^e   Richards, Michael P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e National Museum of Denmark   (Denmark)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 57149117101     PISSN: 0065101X     EISSN: 16000390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0390.2007.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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