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Boëda, E., Connan, J., Muhesen, S. (2002). Bitumen as Hafting Material on Middle Paleolithic Artifacts from the El Kowm Basin, Syria. In: Akazawa, T., Aoki, K., Bar-Yosef, O. (eds) Neandertals and Modern Humans in Western Asia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47153-1_12
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