Continuity over three thousand years of northern prehistory: The ‘tel’ at howe, orkney

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Volumn 78, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-42

  MacKie, Euan W ^a  

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EID: 85012530422     PISSN: 00035815     EISSN: 17585309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003581500044929     Document Type: Article

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