Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith

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Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith

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Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith is a scholarly chapter^[1].

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Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith authored a disciplinary leap of faith — author (P50): Roberta Gilchrist^[2].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's instance of is recorded as a disciplinary leap of faith — instance of (P31): scholarly chapter^[3].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's page is recorded as 385-408^[4].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's DOI is recorded as 10.4324/9781315089034-20^[5].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's language of work or name is recorded as a disciplinary leap of faith — language of work or name (P407): English^[6].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's publication date is recorded as +2009-00-00T00:00:00Z^[7].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's main subject is recorded as a disciplinary leap of faith — main subject (P921): medieval archaeology^[8].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's main subject is recorded as a disciplinary leap of faith — main subject (P921): archaeological theory^[9].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's work available at URL is recorded as http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/1698/1/MAM_Gilchrist.pdf^[10].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's number of pages is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+24'}^[11].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's published in is recorded as a disciplinary leap of faith — published in (P1433): Reflections: 50 years of medieval archaeology, 1957–2007^[12].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's title is recorded as Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith^[13].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's cites work is recorded as a disciplinary leap of faith — cites work (P2860): Gender and Material Culture: The Archaeology of Religious Women^[14].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's cites work is recorded as a disciplinary leap of faith — cites work (P2860): Gender and archaeology: contesting the past^[15].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's cites work is recorded as a disciplinary leap of faith — cites work (P2860): Norwich Cathedral Close: The Evolution of the English Cathedral Landscape^[16].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's cites work is recorded as a disciplinary leap of faith — cites work (P2860): Magic for the Dead? The Archaeology of Magic in Later Medieval Burials^[17].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's cites work is recorded as a disciplinary leap of faith — cites work (P2860): Gender and Material Culture: the Archaeology of Religious Women^[18].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's cites work is recorded as a disciplinary leap of faith — cites work (P2860): Requiem: The Medieval Monastic Cemetery in Britain^[19].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's cites work is recorded as a disciplinary leap of faith — cites work (P2860): Experiencing Landscapes. A Study of Space and Identity in Three Marginal Areas of Medieval Britain and Scandinavia^[20].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's cites work is recorded as a disciplinary leap of faith — cites work (P2860): Doors to Other Worlds: Scandinavian Death Rituals in Gotlandic Perspectives^[21].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's cites work is recorded as a disciplinary leap of faith — cites work (P2860): Between Artifacts and Texts: Historical Archaeology in Global Perspective^[22].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's cites work is recorded as a disciplinary leap of faith — cites work (P2860): Landscape and settlement as utopian space^[23].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's cites work is recorded as a disciplinary leap of faith — cites work (P2860): Re-reading embodied texts — an interpretation of rune-stones^[24].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's cites work is recorded as a disciplinary leap of faith — cites work (P2860): Behind Heathendom: Archaeological Studies of Old Norse Religion^[25].
Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's cites work is recorded as a disciplinary leap of faith — cites work (P2860): Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives^[26].

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Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith's instance of is recorded as a disciplinary leap of faith — instance of (P31): scholarly chapter^[3].

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Author Roberta Gilchrist

Language of work or name English

Publication date 2009

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Main subject medieval archaeology, archaeological theory

Number of pages unit: 1, amount: +24

Page(s) 385-408

Published in Reflections: 50 years of medieval archaeology, 1957–2007

Title Medieval archaeology and theory: a disciplinary leap of faith

Work available at url centaur.reading.ac.uk

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