Once in a lifetime: The date of the wayland's smithy long barrow

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL.1, 2007, Pages 103-121

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

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

long barrow; radiocarbon dates; Wayland's Smithy

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149468690     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: 14740540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774307000194     Document Type: Article

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