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Evidence for intensive walrus hunting by Thule Inuit, northwest Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Canada

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Desjardins, Sean P. A. (2013): Evidence for intensive walrus hunting by Thule Inuit, northwest Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Canada. Anthropozoologica 48 (1): 37-51, DOI: 10.5252/az2013n1a2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/az2013n1a2

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