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A rare bronze sword from Lake Baikal shore. / Molodin, V. I.; Medvedev, G. I.

In: Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, Vol. 43, No. 4, 12.2015, p. 54-62.

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Molodin, VI & Medvedev, GI 2015, 'A rare bronze sword from Lake Baikal shore', Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 54-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeae.2016.02.006

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Molodin, V. I., & Medvedev, G. I. (2015). A rare bronze sword from Lake Baikal shore. Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, 43(4), 54-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeae.2016.02.006

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Molodin VI, Medvedev GI. A rare bronze sword from Lake Baikal shore. Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia. 2015 Dec;43(4):54-62. doi: 10.1016/j.aeae.2016.02.006

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Molodin, V. I. ; Medvedev, G. I. / A rare bronze sword from Lake Baikal shore. In: Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia. 2015 ; Vol. 43, No. 4. pp. 54-62.

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