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The exploitation of molluscs and other invertebrates in Alexandria (Egypt) from the Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity: food, usage, and trade

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  • 1. Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique: Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnements (AASPE), CNRS, MNHN, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, case postale 56, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05 (France)

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Morand, Nicolas (2020): The exploitation of molluscs and other invertebrates in Alexandria (Egypt) from the Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity: food, usage, and trade. Anthropozoologica 55 (1): 1-20, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2019v55a1

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