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Torres Etayo, Daniel (Mar 2014). "Rapport préliminaire de la mission archéologique au Cap Rouge, Jacmel, Haïti". La Habana, Cuba: Centre d’Etudes, de
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made of iron, copper and brass were scattered on the ground : hoe-blade currencies, knife currencies, currency bracelets, bells, and other power objects. The cave has been excavated by archaeologists in 2019.
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the first cave drawings of the country. Other cave drawings or carvings have been later discovered in other parts of Gabon by Testa and
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Shirley, Matthew; Burtner, Brittany; Oslisly, Richard; Sebag, David; Testa, Olivier (2016-09-26). "Diet and body condition of cave-dwelling dwarf crocodiles (Osteolaemus tetraspis , Cope 1861) in Gabon".
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