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Roof Pendants of the Sierra Nevada
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عنوان ژورنال: Index of Texas Archaeology Open Access Grey Literature from the Lone Star State
سال: 2001
ISSN: 2475-9333
DOI: 10.21112/.ita.2001.1.21