Assessing the Contribution of Commercial Archaeology to the Study of Roman South and West Yorkshire, 1990–2004

Yorkshire Archaeological Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-58

  Hodgson, Nick ^a  

^a TWM Archaeology Arbeia   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Commercial; Iron Age; Planning; Roman; Rural; Settlement; Yorkshire

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043981893     PISSN: 00844276     EISSN: 20450664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/0084427612Z.00000000003     Document Type: Article

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