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Late Krotovo (Cherno-Ozerye) Burials with Casting Molds from Tartas-1, Baraba Forest-Steppe. / Molodin, V. I.; Durakov, I. A.

In: Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, Vol. 46, No. 2, 2018, p. 25-34.

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Molodin, VI & Durakov, IA 2018, 'Late Krotovo (Cherno-Ozerye) Burials with Casting Molds from Tartas-1, Baraba Forest-Steppe', Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 25-34. https://doi.org/10.17746/1563-0110.2018.46.2.025-034

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Molodin VI, Durakov IA. Late Krotovo (Cherno-Ozerye) Burials with Casting Molds from Tartas-1, Baraba Forest-Steppe. Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia. 2018;46(2):25-34. doi: 10.17746/1563-0110.2018.46.2.025-034

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Molodin, V. I. ; Durakov, I. A. / Late Krotovo (Cherno-Ozerye) Burials with Casting Molds from Tartas-1, Baraba Forest-Steppe. In: Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia. 2018 ; Vol. 46, No. 2. pp. 25-34.

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