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Carnivore involvement in bone assemblages based on taphonomic and zooarchaeological analyses of Cova del Coll Verdaguer site (Barcelona, Iberian Peninsula)

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Pages 807-820 | Received 20 Feb 2017, Accepted 03 Jul 2017, Published online: 26 Jul 2017

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