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Archaeofaunal signatures of specialized bowhead whaling in the Western Canadian Arctic: a regional study

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Betts, Matthew W., Friesen, Max (2013): Archaeofaunal signatures of specialized bowhead whaling in the Western Canadian Arctic: a regional study. Anthropozoologica 48 (1): 53-73, DOI: 10.5252/az2013n1a3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/az2013n1a3

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