Prehistoric and Dark Age Settlement Remains from Cheviot Quarry, Milfield Basin, Northumberland

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Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-264

  Johnson, Ben ^a   Waddington, Clive ^b   Baker, Polydora ^c   Ramsey, Chris Bronk ^c   Clogg, Phil ^c   Cook, Gordon ^c   Cotton, Jacqueline ^c   Hamilton, Derek ^c   Marshall, Peter ^c   Stern, Ben ^c  

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EID: 80051889445     PISSN: 00665983     EISSN: 23732288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00665983.2008.11020747     Document Type: Article

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