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Uwagi na temat Truso i jego zaplecza w swietle źródeł (Truso and its hinterland in the light of sources), Elbląskie Studia
Muzealne, nr 1, 2009, s. 33-72.
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The theory of the Old
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settlement was founded and inhabited mostly by
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Latest research suggest
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was Anglo-Saxon form of a
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