'Special deposits' in Anglo-Saxon settlements

Medieval Archaeology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-30

  Hamerow, Helena ^a  

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EID: 60949847624     PISSN: 00766097     EISSN: 1745817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174581706X124211     Document Type: Review

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