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Red deer (Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758) antler exploitation strategies and technical skills among Neolithic and Transitional Chalcolithic communities of the Iranian Plateau

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  • 1. Ministère de la Culture, Direction régionale des Affaires culturelles de Corse 1 chemin de la Pietrina, F-20 000 Ajaccio (France) and BioArchéologie, Interactions Sociétés Environnements (BioArch) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CP 56, 43 rue Buffon, F-75 005 Paris (France)
  • 2. BioArchéologie, Interactions Sociétés Environnements (BioArch), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CP 56, 43 rue Buffon, F-75 005 Paris (France) and Archaeozoology section, Bioarchaeology Laboratory, Central Laboratory, University of Tehran, CP1417634934, Tehran (Iran)

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Manca, Laura, Mashkour, Marjan (2026): Red deer (Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758) antler exploitation strategies and technical skills among Neolithic and Transitional Chalcolithic communities of the Iranian Plateau. Anthropozoologica 61 (2): 21-36, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2026v61a2

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