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When ivory came from the seas. On some traits of the trade of raw and carved sea-mammal ivories in the Middle Ages

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Dectot, Xavier (2018): When ivory came from the seas. On some traits of the trade of raw and carved sea-mammal ivories in the Middle Ages. Anthropozoologica 53 (14): 159-174, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2018v53a14

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