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Who Ate What? Archaeological Food Remains and Cultural Diversity

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Scott, E.M. (2008). Who Ate What? Archaeological Food Remains and Cultural Diversity. 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_18

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