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A Case Study on the Reuse of Digital Archaeological Data: An Analysis of the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland Cover

A Case Study on the Reuse of Digital Archaeological Data: An Analysis of the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland

By: Mike Middleton  
Open Access
|Oct 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jcaa.166 | Journal eISSN: 2514-8362
Language: English
Submitted on: May 28, 2024
Accepted on: Sep 4, 2024
Published on: Oct 17, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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