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The modus operandi of walrus exploitation during the Palaeoeskimo period at the Tayara site, Arctic Canada

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Houmard, Claire, Dionne, Marie-Michelle, Desrosiers, Pierre M., Gendron, Daniel (2013): The modus operandi of walrus exploitation during the Palaeoeskimo period at the Tayara site, Arctic Canada. Anthropozoologica 48 (1): 15-36, DOI: 10.5252/az2013n1a1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/az2013n1a1

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