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Preliminary Results of High-Resolution Palaeoecological Analyses at Star Carr, Yorkshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2008

Petra Day
Affiliation:
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research62 Sidney StreetCambridge CB2 3JW

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Copyright © The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research 1993

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