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Large Scale, Long Duration and Broad Perceptions: Scale Issues in Historic Landscape Characterisation

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Fairclough, G. (2006). Large Scale, Long Duration and Broad Perceptions: Scale Issues in Historic Landscape Characterisation. In: Lock, G., Molyneaux, B.L. (eds) Confronting Scale in Archaeology. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-32773-8_14

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