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The structure and skills of British Neolithic Society: a brief response to Clive Ruggles & Gordon Barclay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Euan W. MacKie*
Affiliation:
Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland. WallaceDarwin@aol.com

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Response
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2002

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