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Human skulls from the River Thames, their dating and significance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Richard Bradley  and
Ken Gordon
Richard Bradley
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, Reading 1x6 2AH
Ken Gordon
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, Reading 1x6 2AH
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Forgotton beside the well-known and well-studied collections of metalwork from the river Thames is a remarkable collection of human skulls; this new study dates some skulls and finds important order in their pattern of dates.

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Antiquity , Volume 62 , Issue 236 , September 1988 , pp. 503 - 509
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1988

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