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Part V - Handmade Pottery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2020

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C. N. Duckworth ,
A. Cuénod  and
D. J. Mattingly
C. N. Duckworth
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
A. Cuénod
Affiliation:
University of Leicester
D. J. Mattingly
Affiliation:
University of Leicester
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Mobile Technologies in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond , pp. 451 - 484
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Print publication year: 2020

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