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The Cerutti Mastodon site and experimental archaeology's quiet coming of age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2019

Metin I. Eren*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA Department of Archaeology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Michelle R. Bebber
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
*
*Author for correspondence (Email: [email protected])

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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd, 2019 

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