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Neolithic and Bronze Age Norfolk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

Trevor Ashwin
Trevor Ashwin
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Norfolk Archaeological Unit, Union House, Gressenhall, Dereham, NR20 4DR
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Abstract

This paper offers a summary of our present archaeological knowledge of the modern county of Norfolk, a large and geographically diverse tract of northern East Anglia, during the 5th–2nd millennia BC. It concludes by listing some topics deserving of future research.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 62 , 1996 , pp. 41 - 62
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1996

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