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- ↑ Birley, Barbara (2018). "Stylising the functional: Wooden hair combs from Vindolanda". In Ivleva, Tatiana; De Bruin, Jasper; Driessen, Mark (eds.). Embracing the Provinces: Society and Material Culture of the Roman Frontier Regions. Oxbow Books. pp. 189–196. ISBN 978-1-78925-015-2.
- ↑ Birley, Barbara; Griffiths, Bill (2022). "From academic research to delivery: translating knowledge to deliver accessible and captivating programmes". In Alberti, Marta; Mountain, Katie (eds.). Hadrian’s Wall: Exploring its Past to Protect its Future. Archaeopress. pp. 34–45.
- ↑ Stocks, Claire; Birley, Barbara; Collins, Rob (2018). "Stories from the Frontier: Linking Past and Present at Vindolanda through Digital Gameplay". thersites. Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date. 8. doi:10.34679/thersites.vol8.114. ISSN 2364-7612.
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