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Bronze Age myths expose archaeological shortcomings? a reply to Buckland et al. 1997

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

M. G. L. Baillie
M. G. L. Baillie*
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Palaeoecology Centre, School of Geosciences, Queen's University, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland. [email protected]
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Antiquity , Volume 72 , Issue 276 , June 1998 , pp. 425 - 427
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1998

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