Potted histories - Cremation, ceramics and social memory in early Roman Britain

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 417-427

  Williams, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CERAMICS; IRON AGE; ROMAN ERA; SOCIAL HISTORY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 8644233354     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2004.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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