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Archaeology and modern reflections on death
  1. Jennifer Ellen Dayes1,
  2. Christina Faull2,
  3. Lindsey Büster1,
  4. Laura Iraine Green3 and
  5. Karina Croucher1
  1. 1 Department of Archaeological and Forensic Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK
  2. 2 LOROS Hospice, Leicester, UK
  3. 3 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Jennifer Ellen Dayes, Department of Archaeological and Forensic Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK; j.dayes{at}bradford.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001452

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