Decorating the houses of the dead: Incised and pecked motifs in Orkney chambered tombs

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-67

  Bradley, Richard ^a   Phillips, Tim ^a   Richards, Colin ^b   Webb, Matilda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

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EID: 60950193065     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0959774301000038     Document Type: Article

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