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5 - Unearthing Robert Kennicott: Naturalist, Explorer, Smithsonian Scientist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2017

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Karin S. Bruwelheide ,
Sandra S. Schlachtmeyer ,
Douglas W. Owsley ,
Vicki E. Simon ,
Arthur C. Aufderheide ,
Larry W. Cartmell  and
Stephan J. Swanson
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William N. Duncan
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Studies in Forensic Biohistory
Anthropological Perspectives
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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