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Meat Consumption and Bone Use in a Mississippian Village

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Zeder, M.A., Arter, S.R. (2008). Meat Consumption and Bone Use in a Mississippian Village. In: Reitz, E.J., Scudder, S.J., Scarry, C.M. (eds) Case Studies in Environmental Archaeology. Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71303-8_17

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