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Calusa socioecological histories and zooarchaeological indicators of environmental change during the Little Ice Age in southwestern Florida, USA

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Pages 113-149 | Received 31 Jul 2021, Accepted 24 Sep 2021, Published online: 02 Dec 2021

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