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Ritual or fluvial? A further comment on the Thames skulls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Barbara West
Barbara West*
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Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H OPY, England
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Abstract

Further (and final) comment on the origin of ancient human skulls from the River Thames (ANTIQUITY 62 (1988): 503–9; 69 (1995): 162–9) is prompted by comparison with the skulls from the London Thames tributary, the Walbrook.

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Antiquity , Volume 70 , Issue 267 , March 1996 , pp. 189 - 190
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1996

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