Emotional and Mnemonic Geographies at Hambledon Hill: Texturing Neolithic Places with Bodies and Bones

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-371

  Harris, Oliver ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79952882649     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: 14740540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774310000466     Document Type: Article

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