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Rise and Fall of a Medieval Trade Centre: Economic Change from Viking Haithabu to Medieval Schleswig Revealed by Stable Isotope Analysis

Grandeur et décadence d'un centre de commerce médiéval: changements économiques du Haithabu Viking au Schleswig médiéval, révélés par analyse des isotopes stables

Aufstieg und Niedergang eines mittelalterlichen Handelszentrums: Wandel der Ökonomie am Übergang vom wikingerzeitlichen Haithabu zum mittelalterlichen Schleswig auf der Basis stabiler Isotopendaten

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Pages 137-166 | Received 20 Feb 2012, Accepted 31 May 2012, Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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