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Citing this DOI
The updated Crossref DOI Display guidelines recommend that DOIs should be displayed in the
following format:
https://doi.org/10.5284/1132988
Sample Citation for this DOI
Colchester Archaeological Trust (2025) Site Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at the Former Lexden Springs School and Adjacent Fire Station, Colchester, Essex, February 2021 [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1132988
Pooley, L., Wightman, A. (2021).
Archaeological evaluation at the former Lexden Springs School and the Fire Station, Halstead Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3PZ: February 2021.
Colchester Archaeological Trust. https://doi.org/10.5284/1125165.