Isles of the dead? : the setting and function of the Bronze Age chambered cairns and cists of the Isles of Scilly /

Isles of the dead? : the setting and function of the Bronze Age chambered cairns and cists of the Isles of Scilly /

The number and density of megalithic chambered cairns in the Isles of Scilly, a tiny archipelago that forms the most south-westerly part of the British Isles, has been remarked upon since the 18th century. 'Isles of the Dead?' examines these sites, generally known as entrance graves, and t...

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Main Author: Sawyer, Katharine (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2015]

Series: Archaeopress archaeology.

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Bronze age > England > Isles of Scilly.
Cairns > England > Isles of Scilly.
Cists (Boxes) > England > Isles of Scilly.
Isles of Scilly (England) > Antiquities.

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Call Number: GN776.22

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