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

    Lawrence Guy Straus

  2. Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones Prehistóricas, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain

    Manuel R. González Morales

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Straus, L.G., Morales, M.R.G. (2014). El Miron 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_2247

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