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What knowledge did the Minoans have of elephants? Phaistos graters and Zakros tusks
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- 1. Centre de recherche en paléontologie - Paris (CR2P), CNRS, MNHN, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Sorbonne Université 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) sevket.sen@mnhn.fr
- 2. Université Lumière - Lyon 2, 18 quai Claude Bernard, F-69007 Lyon (France) fauremartine@free.fr
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Sen, Sevket, Faure, Martine (2025): What knowledge did the Minoans have of elephants? Phaistos graters and Zakros tusks. Anthropozoologica 60 (4): 35-47, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2025v60a4, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/anthropozoologica2025v60a4.pdf
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