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Bronze helmet recently discovered in Mongolia. / Hudiakov, Y. S.; Erdene-Ochir, N.

In: Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, Vol. 38, No. 1, 01.03.2010, p. 53-60.

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Hudiakov, YS & Erdene-Ochir, N 2010, 'Bronze helmet recently discovered in Mongolia', Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 53-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeae.2010.05.007

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Hudiakov, Y. S., & Erdene-Ochir, N. (2010). Bronze helmet recently discovered in Mongolia. Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, 38(1), 53-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeae.2010.05.007

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Hudiakov YS, Erdene-Ochir N. Bronze helmet recently discovered in Mongolia. Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia. 2010 Mar 1;38(1):53-60. doi: 10.1016/j.aeae.2010.05.007

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Hudiakov, Y. S. ; Erdene-Ochir, N. / Bronze helmet recently discovered in Mongolia. In: Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia. 2010 ; Vol. 38, No. 1. pp. 53-60.

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