Military and civilian: Reconfiguring the end of roman britain in the North

European Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 314-335

  Petts, David ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anglo Saxon settlement; Cultural changeS; England; Roman civilian settlements; Roman military sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878552765     PISSN: 14619571     EISSN: 17412722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1461957112Y.0000000030     Document Type: Article

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