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Neolithic lakeside site Gletterens, Switzerland, C. Aballe´a for the Palaeolithic antler samples from the National Museum of Prehistory in Les-Eyzies-le-Tayac, and A. Casio from the Museum of National Antiquities, St.-Germain-en-Laye for the Palaeolithic mammoth dentine. P.J. Chiappero, H.-J. Schubnel and P. Tassy from the National Museum of Natural History, Paris, are acknowledged for providing odontolite and mastodon ivory samples as well as J. Durand, curator at the Louvre Museum for placing the art and reliquary objects at our disposal. Th. Calligaro and J. Salomon are gratefully acknowledged for their support during experiments at AGLAE, F. Pillier for the preparation of the TEM grids and the help during experimental and so are Y. Adda, L. Charlet, C. Chadefaux, M. Menu, S. Merchel, C. Vignaud and L. Favre-Quattropani for fruitful discussions.
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