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The Organisation of the Mid–Late Anglo-Saxon Borderland with Wales 中晚期盎格鲁-撒克逊边境与威尔士的组织

Offa's Dyke Journal Pub Date : 2022-10-18 DOI: 10.23914/odj.v4i0.357

K. Ray

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The Fluidity of Borderlands 《Borderlands》的流动性

Offa's Dyke Journal Pub Date : 2022-10-18 DOI: 10.23914/odj.v4i0.351

Lindy Brady

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The Changing Approaches of English Kings to Wales in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries 10世纪和11世纪英格兰国王对威尔士态度的变化

Offa's Dyke Journal Pub Date : 2022-10-18 DOI: 10.23914/odj.v4i0.355

Ben Guy

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Collaboratory through Crises: Researching Linear Monuments in 2021 危机中的合作:2021年线性纪念碑研究

Offa's Dyke Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-28 DOI: 10.23914/odj.v3i0.333

H. Williams

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Rethinking Wat’s Dyke: A Monument’s Flow in a Hydraulic Frontier Zone 重新思考沃特堤防:一座纪念碑在水利前沿地带的流动

Offa's Dyke Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-23 DOI: 10.23914/odj.v3i0.332

H. Williams

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What's Wat's Dyke? Wrexham Comic Heritage Trail 什么是沃特堤防?雷克瑟姆漫画遗产步道

Offa's Dyke Journal Pub Date : 2021-11-18 DOI: 10.23914/odj.v3i0.325

H. Williams, John G. Swogger

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Drawing the Line: What’s Wat’s Dyke? Practice and Process 划清界限:什么是沃特的堤坝?实践与过程

Offa's Dyke Journal Pub Date : 2021-11-18 DOI: 10.23914/odj.v3i0.326

John G. Swogger, H. Williams

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引用次数: 2

Exploring Linear Earthworks across Time and Space – Introducing the ‘Monumentality and Landscape: Linear Earthworks in Britain’ Project 跨越时间和空间探索线性土方工程——介绍“纪念性和景观:英国线性土方工程”项目

Offa's Dyke Journal Pub Date : 2021-10-20 DOI: 10.23914/ODJ.V3I0.316

Nicky Garland, B. Harris, T. Moore, A. Reynolds

引用次数: 2

Offa’s Dyke: A Continuing Journey of Discovery 奥法的堤坝:一个持续的发现之旅

Offa's Dyke Journal Pub Date : 2021-10-17 DOI: 10.23914/odj.v3i0.331

K. Ray, Ray Bailey, Tim Copeland, Tudur Davies, L. Delaney, D. Finch, Niall Heaton, Jon Hoyle, Simon Maddison

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Patrons, Landscape, and Potlatch: Early Medieval Linear Earthworks in Britain and Bulgaria 赞助人、景观和Potlatch:中世纪早期英国和保加利亚的线性土方工程

Offa's Dyke Journal Pub Date : 2021-10-17 DOI: 10.23914/ODJ.V3I0.315

Paolo Squatriti

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