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‘Crown’ Antler Maceheads and the Later Neolithic in Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

D.D.A. Simpson
D.D.A. Simpson
Affiliation:
Dept of Archaeology & Palaeoecology, School of Geosciences, Queen's University, Belfast
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Abstract

This paper is a study of the 58 recorded antler maceheads of the so-called ‘crown’ type, their technology, distribution, dating, and possible origins and relationships. An illustrated catalogue is appended.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 62 , 1996 , pp. 293 - 309
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1996

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