The language of lineage: Reading Irishcourt tomb design

European Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-28

  Powell, Andrew B ^a  

^a WESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Court tomb; Descent; Ireland; Lineage; Neolithic; Passage tomb; Portal tomb

Indexed keywords

EID: 60950178306     PISSN: 14619571     EISSN: 17412722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461957105058206     Document Type: Article

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