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  1. Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK

    Amy Louise Prendergast

  2. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK

    Rhiannon Elisabeth Stevens

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Prendergast, A.L., Stevens, R.E. (2014). Molluscs (Isotopes): Analyses in Environmental Archaeology. In: Smith, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2162

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