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The ‘Kilnsea-boat’, and some implications from the discovery of England's oldest plank boat remains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Robert van de Noort ,
Richard Middleton ,
Andrew Foxon  and
Alex Bayliss
Robert van de Noort
Affiliation:
Centre for Wetland Archaeology, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, England. Middleton
Richard Middleton
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, England
Andrew Foxon
Affiliation:
Foxon, Manx National Heritage, Manx Museum, Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 6LY, British Isles
Alex Bayliss
Affiliation:
Ancient Monuments Laboratory, English Heritage, London W1X 1AB, England
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YorkshireboatHumber wetlandsBronze Age
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Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 279 , March 1999 , pp. 131 - 135
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1999

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