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As the subject of hundreds of talks, articles, and essays, the Staffordshire Hoard has come to be surrounded by words. In a short statement, the Hoard offers some words of its own, challenging our easy assumptions and categorizations about what (or who?) it is while taunting us for desiring it so.
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Tilghman, B.C., Thompson, N.M. The Hoard speaks. Postmedieval 7, 349–351 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41280-016-0011-5
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