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    Jacqueline I. McKinley

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    Claire Smith

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McKinley, J.I. (2014). Cremation in Archaeological Contexts. In: Smith, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_153

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