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On the significance of the crania from the River Thames and its tributaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Christopher J. Knüsel  and
Gillian C. Carr
Christopher J. Knüsel
Affiliation:
Calvin Wells Laboratory, Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, England
Gillian C. Carr
Affiliation:
Calvin Wells Laboratory, Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, England
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Bradley & Gordon, writing in ANTIQUITY in 1988, reported a distinct pattern in the distribution and dates of the many human crania that have been found in the River Thames. Issue is taken with that view, and the insight it promised in relating human remains to the prehistoric British interest in watery places

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Antiquity , Volume 69 , Issue 262 , March 1995 , pp. 162 - 169
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1995 

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