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The Fabulous Tales of the Common People, Part 1: Representing Hadrian’s Wall

Robert Witcher Correspondence to: Dr Robert Witcher, Durham University Dept of Archaeology, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK. [email protected]
Pages 126-152 | Published online: 04 Jun 2014

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