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Cooke, R., Jiménez, M., Ranere, A.J. (2008). Archaeozoology Art Documents and the Life Assemblage. 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_6

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