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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Economic and Social Research Counsil for their research on “Arbori-cultures: the significance of trees to places”(R000237083)

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Jones, O., Cloke, P. (2008). Non-Human Agencies: Trees in Place and Time. In: Knappett, C., Malafouris, L. (eds) Material Agency. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74711-8_5

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