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  1. Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Cristiana Barreto

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  1. Department of Archaeology, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Claire Smith

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Barreto, C. (2014). Meggers, Betty Jane. In: Smith, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2486

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