Detection and characterisation of Black Death burials by multi-proxy geophysical methods

@article{Dick2015DetectionAC,
  title={Detection and characterisation of Black Death burials by multi-proxy geophysical methods},
  author={Henry C. Dick and Jamie K. Pringle and Barney Sloane and Jay Carver and Kristopher D Wisniewski and Austin Haffenden and Stephen Porter and Daniel Roberts and Nigel J. Cassidy},
  journal={Journal of Archaeological Science},
  year={2015},
  volume={59},
  pages={132-141}
}
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