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General Pitt-Rivers, Captain Lukis and Channel Island prehistory
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Many of the provenances of material in the great 19th-century collections have been lost. Here is one re-discovered, with the artifacts to which it relates.
Title: General Pitt-Rivers, Captain Lukis and Channel Island prehistory
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Many of the provenances of material in the great 19th-century collections have been lost.
Here is one re-discovered, with the artifacts to which it relates.
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