From big houses to cult houses: Early Neolithic timber halls in Scotland

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society

Volumn 73, Issue , 2007, Pages 75-96

  Brophy, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 57749155913     PISSN: 0079497X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1017/S0079497X00000062     Document Type: Article

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