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Mapping Metal Rich Roman Cyprus: The Case for Object-Centred Approaches

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Études et Travaux, Issue: 34, Pages: 167 - 181

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This paper makes the case for developing ongoing research on Roman Cyprus’s metal profile by integrating object-centred approaches. It does so by focusing on the British Museum’s Cypriot collection as it contains a significant number of metal artefacts. The paper opens with a brief overview of key a...

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ISSN: 2084-6762 2449-9579
Published: Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika/Nicolaus Copernicus University 2022
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