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Customs, rites, and sacrifices relating to a mortuary complex in Late Bronze Age Mongolia (Tsatsyn Ereg, Arkhangai)
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Lepetz, Sébastien, Zazzo, Antoine, Bernard, Vincent, Larminat, Solenn de, Magail, Jérôme, Gantulga, Jamyian-Ombo (2019): Customs, rites, and sacrifices relating to a mortuary complex in Late Bronze Age Mongolia (Tsatsyn Ereg, Arkhangai). Anthropozoologica 54 (15): 151-177, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2019v54a15
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