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Further Reading

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  1. Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    Lawrence Guy Straus

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    Geoffrey A. Clark

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Straus, L.G., Clark, G.A. (2014). La Riera Cave: Geography and Culture. In: Smith, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_1327

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