Beyond Typology: Combs, Economics, Symbolism and Regional Identity in Late Norse Scotland

Norwegian Archaeological Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-93

  Clarke, David ^a   Heald, Andrew ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84965109998     PISSN: 00293652     EISSN: 15027678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002936502762389710     Document Type: Article

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