International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Papers
(The median citation count of International Journal of Osteoarchaeology is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
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Perinatal burials at pre‐Hispanic noncemetery sites in Gran Canaria: Tophet, infanticide, or natural mortality?13
Illness and inclusion: Mobility histories of adolescents with leprosy from Anglo‐Scandinavian Norwich (Eastern England)13
Therapeutic dentistry in prehistoric Maryland—New analyses from the Hughes (18MO1) archeological site12
Blue fibers found in dental calculus from Maya sacrificial victims12
In search of the ‘great horse’: A zooarchaeological assessment of horses from England (AD 300–1650)12
Unusual find of osteolytic lesion on skeleton from the Middle Bronze Age—Possible case of peritoneal abscess12
Pastures and fodder for feeding equids 3000 years ago: The Can Roqueta site (Barcelona, Spain) as a model of equine herd management12
Notes on early childhood diets in early modern Oulu, Finland, based on the stable isotope case studies of archeological dentin11
Conjoined first (atlas) and second (axis) cervical vertebrae in an eastern wapiti (Cervus canadensis canadensis) from the Angel Site (1000–1400 CE, Indiana, USA)11
Anthropological, Palaeopathological, and Stable Isotope Analyses of the Early Medieval Population of Corte Romana (Cividale, NE Italy) During the Period of Langobard Rule (6th–7th centuries ad10
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Subsistence strategies in the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age in Nenjiang River Basin: A zooarchaeological and stable isotope analysis of faunal remains at Honghe site, Northeast China9
A 10 ka intentionally deformed human skull from Northeast Asia9
Chickens consumed in early modern samurai residences: A study of bird remains from the Ichigaya Honmura‐cho site, Tokyo, Japan9
First reported archaeological case of leprosy in Slovakia8
Dental wear in a marine economy: A case study from Philistine Ashkelon8
The cultural roles of perforated fish vertebrae in prehistoric and historic Europe8
Early childhood nurturing strategies in groups of the Yellow River's middle reaches from the late Yangshao culture (3500–2800 BCE): A stable isotope perspective7
Who Ate All the Thrushes? Roman Urban Street Food Consumers as well as Elites7
Only photos on my best side, please! Implications of bilateral asymmetry of the iliac auricular surface in non‐adult individuals for sex estimation7
Nostalgia for the old country—A histological exploration of early childhood physiological stress experiences in colonial Otago, New Zealand7
A bioarcheological contribution to the social history of Roman Macedonia: The Pontokomi‐Vrysi site in Kozani Prefecture, Greece7
Bird bone artifact from the Late Eneolithic/Early Bronze Age site of Zók (Hungary)7
Sheep (Ovis aries) of Venda speakers during the second millennium AD in South Africa6
A child left behind: Malnutrition and chronic illness of a child from the Erie County Poorhouse Cemetery6
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Bird remains from ecclesiastical sites in medieval Hungary6
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Sex differences in mechanical stress and associated labor in Hellenistic–early Roman Menainon, Sicily6
Interpersonal violence in colonial era in Papua, Indonesia: A case study of trauma patterns of a Biak individual5
Some Highlights From 2024: A Year in Review at the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology5
Female skeletal health and socioeconomic status in medieval Norway (11th–16th centuries AD): Analysis of bone mineral density and stature5
Recovery lines in ancient Egyptian child mummies: Computed tomography investigations in European museums5
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The talus of the pre‐Hispanic population from Punta Azul (El Hierro, Canary Islands): Variability and sexual dimorphism of nonmetric traits5
Animals' paleopathology: Implications on human–animal interaction during the intensification of farming in the Southern Levant5
Bird remains from Vilnius Lower Castle, Lithuania (13th–19th centuries) reveal changes in social status and unusual bird pathologies5
Cremated Bone in Archaeology: Ethical Considerations in the Excavation, Analysis, Storage, and Display of Cremated Bone in the United Kingdom5
Pastoralism, hunting, and coexistence: Domesticated and wild bovids in Neolithic Sudan5
Assessing the Greater Sciatic Notch With 2‐D Shape Analysis for Sex Estimation5
Analysis of periosteal lesions from commingled human remains at the Xagħra Circle hypogeum reveals the first case of probable scurvy from Neolithic Malta5
Abnormal bone loss in the external auditory canal of two adult humans from the medieval period of Germany—An attempt at differential diagnosis5
The great auk in Norway: From common to locally extinct5
Whose talon is this? A manual for the identification of ungual phalanges of European accipitrid birds of prey5
Study on the dietary pattern and local isotopes of the Xiaoshuangqiao Shang Dynasty (1400 bc) site in China5
Geometric morphometric approach to dental health in an 18th‐ to 19th‐century English infirmary5
Diet of the Chanyu and his people: Stable isotope analysis of the human remains from Xiongnu burials in western and northern Mongolia5
Paleodiets of hunter‐gatherers from the central Patagonian coast: Reviewing scopes and limitations of stable isotope analyses5
Intra‐tooth isotopic analysis (δ13C and δ15N) of dentine collagen in high‐crowned teeth: A new experimental study with modern sheep specimens5
First application of a puberty estimation method to skeletons of young pregnant females: A case for the reevaluation of maternal–fetal burials5
Hyperostosis frontalis interna: A new perspective in burned individuals' analysis for determining age and sex from archeo‐anthropological and medicolegal contexts5
An unprecedented case of cranial surgery in Longobard Italy (6th–8th century) using a cruciform incision5
The Zooarchaeology of an Iberian Medieval Jewish Community: The Castle of Lorca (Murcia, Spain)5
Social stratification during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty of China (771–476 bce): Mortuary and stable isotopic analyses of the Shangshihe cemetery5
Occupational patterns in Anglo‐Saxon and Medieval East Midlands, England: Insights from activity‐related skeletal changes4
STARC OSTEOARCH: An open access resource for recording and sharing human osteoarchaeological data4
Animal diseases in the Central Balkan Eneolithic (ca. 4500–2500 BC)—A diachronic perspective on the site of Bubanj, south‐eastern Serbia4
Subsistence and animal management at Iron Age sites of Quanshuigou and Dumuduebudege in western Xinjiang, China4
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Life history of a high‐class noblewoman from the late Shu state in the Chengdu Plain during the Eastern Zhou period (770–221 BC): Childhood stresses and stable life4
Juvenile sex estimation using the elevation of the auricular surface: A systematic review and meta‐analysis4
Sex estimation by discriminant function analysis of long bones in prehistoric Southeast Asian populations4
Monastic meals: The role of birds in the diet of the Poor Clares at the Monastery of Santa Maria de Pedralbes (Barcelona, Spain) from medieval to modern periods (14th to 19th centuries AD)4
Statistical protocol for analyzing 3D muscle attachment sites based on the “Validated Entheses‐based Reconstruction of Activity” (VERA) approach4
Bioarchaeological insights into the Late Helladic communities of South Kynouria, Peloponnese: The case of the LH IIIA2‐IIIB2 burial cluster of Socha4
Social interaction between the coast and the highlands of Chile's arid north (20°S) during the mid‐Holocene: The case of Vicugna vicugna (Molina, 1782) and Hippocamelus antis4
A fifth‐ to sixth‐century CE lynx (Lynx lynx L., 1758) skeleton from Hungary 2: Stature and archaeological interpretations4
The impact of pathological conditions on carbon and nitrogen isotopic values in the bone collagen of individuals with known biographic data and medical history4
Complex skeletal foot malformation in a Samnite “warrior grave” from Abruzzo, southern Italy (8th–5th century BCE)4
The dog of Los Chonos: First pre‐Hispanic record in western Patagonia (~43° to 47°S, Chile)4
The role of TV documentaries to disseminate osteoarchaeology more widely: The good, the bad, and the ugly4
Gastroliths in archaeology: A note of caution3
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Early evidence of extra‐masticatory dental wear in a Neolithic community at Bestansur, Iraqi Kurdistan3
Animal diseases in the southern part of the Carpathian Basin during the medieval period3
Whose talon is this? A manual for the identification of ungual phalanges of European birds of prey: Falcons and owls3
A reflection of the unfavorable living conditions caused by the First World War in the diet and health of a 10‐year‐old boy (1907–1917) from Vetlá cemetery, Bohemia3
Early Childhood in Precolonial South America: Breastfeeding, Infant Mortality, and Stable Isotopes Analysis in Southeastern Shell Mound Builders During the Middle Holocene (7th–5th Millennium BP)3
An Upper Paleolithic horse mandible with an embedded lithic projectile: Insights into 16,500 cal BP hunting strategies through a unique case of bone injury from Cantabrian Spain3
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Zooarchaeology of Ban Chiang and the rise of early farming communities in mainland Southeast Asia3
Primary double teeth in archeological medieval material from the area of Poland: A report on two cases3
A comparative study of malocclusion and its severity in the Ottoman period and modern populations3
The effect of age on entheseal changes: A study of modifications at appendicular attachment sites in a large sample of identified human skeletons3
A skeletal dysplasia leading to a perinatal death in 17th–19th century Lisbon, Portugal3
Reconstructing the life histories of a noble couple from the Joseon period, Korea, based on skeletal evidence and historical records3
Detection of cancerous lesions in skeletal remains using visual methods and radiographs3
A community in transition: Analysis of health and well‐being in people living during and following aridification3
A natural death assemblage of fishes from an early modern archeological context in Antwerp (Belgium)3
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Withers height estimation in medieval horse samples from Poland: Comparing the internal cranial cavity‐based modified Wyrost and Kucharczyk method with existing methods3
A cattle mandible thong‐smoother from a grave: Strap production and cattle traction in the Late Copper Age in Hungary3
Bronze age horsemen: An evaluation of pathological and nonpathological changes for indicators of “horsemanship syndrome” of the Strzyżów culture population, Poland, 2000–1600 BC3
Predictive use of modern reference osteological collections for disentangling the shape of Eurasian equid cheek teeth and metapodials in archaeological material3
A glimpse into the body shape and limb proportions of enslaved Africans from Lagos, Portugal (15th–17th centuries)3
Introduction of sugarcane in Al‐Andalus (Medieval Spain) and its impact on children's dental health3
Why did the chicken cross the Wallace Line? Archeological evidence suggests human‐mediated dispersal of Gallus to Flores first occurred at least ~2.25 ka cal. BP3
Employing radiography (X‐rays) to localize lesions in human skeletal remains from past populations to allow accurate biopsy, using examples of cancer metastases3
Accumulation agents and bird assemblages: The case of the TE9d level at Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)3
Considering passenger pigeon abundance and distribution in the Late Woodland zooarchaeological record of southern Ontario, Canada3
Ethics in Osteoarchaeology3
Growing up in the suburbs: Growth faltering and disease burden in the children from 16th to 18th century Tallinn, Estonia3
Nonmetric population‐specific sex estimation based on the skull using logistic regression for Flemish samples2
A Method for Detecting Bias in Human Archaeological Cemetery Samples2
Analyzing entheseal changes in commingled human remains from Mesolithic and Neolithic periods in Portugal2
Sheep Ahoy: Exploring sheep management and its role in Viking Age economy through multiproxy analyses at Löddeköpinge, Sweden2
Transformation processes in the osteoarchaeological record between the Iron Age and the Roman times with reference to the civitas Treverorum2
Sturgeons in materials from archaeological sites of Ukraine: A review2
Dental disease reflects differential diets and changes in consumption over time at Knossos2
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Bone spearheads from the Late Prehispanic Period of Sierras of Cordoba (Argentina)2
How we can learn from analysing trauma in past societies2
Halal and Makruk: Muslim archaeological fish assemblages as cultural identifiers in the Iberian Middle Ages?2
Maxillary abnormality in the medieval Blessed friar Egidio from Laurenzana (Basilicata, southern Italy)2
Two cases of skeletal fluorosis from the historic cemetery at Zhangwan, Henan Province, China2
It runs in the family: Kinship analysis using foot anomalies in the cemetery of Middenbeemster (Netherlands, 17th to 19th century)2
Paleodiet reconstruction of human and animal bones at the Dalujiao cemetery in Early Iron Age Xinjiang, China2
Paleodietary reconstruction of endemic rodents from the precolumbian Dominican Republic: Discriminating wild feeding behavior from diets linked to human niche construction activities2
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Marine bryozoan colonization of terrestrial biomineralized tissues: Taphonomic insights and forensic implications2
Twins found in a Late Dynastic/Coptic Egyptian mummy2
DNA analysis of skeletal remains of an important historical figure from the period of mediaeval Bosnia2
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Dento‐Alveolar Infectious Diseases Among Hunter‐Gatherers From Northeast and Central Chubut Province (Argentina) During the Late Holocene2
Complex genetic landscape revealed by a population in the eastern Tianshan Mountains of Xinjiang between the 8th and 11th centuries CE2
A probable case of multiple osteochondromas in a Qing period (1644–1911) individual from Shandong, China2
An “Invisible” Child—A Case of a Child With Anthropogenic Modification Marks and Pathological Conditions in Early Neolithic China2
Hypomineralization disorder in tropical Southeast Asia during the agricultural revolution: Analysis of morbidity and mortality2
Archaeology and ethnobiology of Late Holocene bird remains from the northern Oregon coast2
Osseous harpoon heads of hunter‐gatherers from the lower Paraná wetland2
Two cases of cystic echinococcosis reported from al‐Andalus cemeteries (southern Iberia): Insights into zoonotic diseases in Islamic Medieval Europe2
Editorial: A tribute to Debra Martin2
From the Atlantic coast to the lowland forests: Stable isotope analysis of the diet of forager–horticulturists in southern Brazil2
Diet and urbanisation in medieval Holland. Studying dietary change through carious lesions and stable isotope analysis2
Skeletal evidence for two external auditory canal disorder cases from medieval China2
Developmental Anomalies of the Foot Bones: Coalitions and Bipartitions in the Coimbra Identified Skeletal Collection2
Investigating the dentoalveolar complex in archaeological human skull specimens: Additional findings with large volume micro‐CT compared to standard methods2
A visual guide for the Brabant index to score dental macrowear quantity and direction2
The role of status, diets, and mobility in understanding the impacts of urbanization in early medieval Bergen, Norway (St. Mary's Church): Insights from stable isotope analyses2
A study of reviewing at the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology: Accepting, declining, fairness, and responsibilities2
Applying the V.E.R.A. method to entheses of the humerus: An assessment of repeatability and reproducibility2
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Extending our understanding of past animal diet using stable isotope analysis2
Death at distance: Mobility, memory, and place among the late precontact Oneota in the central Illinois River Valley2
A photographic atlas for European freshwater and migratory fish remains and key considerations for their analysis2
Oral health and nonmolar dental attrition in the Siwa‐period individuals from the Bronze Age Mogou cemetery, Northwest China2
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Horse‐riding as a habitual activity among the early medieval Avar population of the cemetery of Csokorgasse (Vienna): Sex and chronological differences2
Goffette, Q, Suarez Gonzalez, N, Vanmechelen, R, Verheyen, E, & Sonet, G (2022). Tracking the origin of worked elephant ivory of a medieval chess piece from Belgium through analysis of ancient DNA2
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Warrior burial of the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age: The phenomenon of women warriors from the Jrapi cemetery (Shirak Province, Armenia)1
Best practice for osteological sexing in forensics and bioarchaeology: The utility of combining metric and morphological traits from different anatomical regions1
Determining the earliest directly dated cremation tombs in Neolithic China via multidisciplinary approaches: A case study at Laohudun site1
Writing a First Osteoarchaeology Article: Some Advice for Early Career Researchers1
Violence, conflagrations and the destruction of Bronze Age cities in the ancient Near East1
More than they could chew: Activity‐induced dental modifications in a Portuguese medieval–modern rural population1
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Assessing Histotaphonomy: A Pilot Study Using Image Analysis for Quantitative Scoring of Bone Diagenesis1
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Fishhooks, fishing spears, and weaving: The bone technology of Madjedbebe, Northern Australia1
The uncertain death. Estimating mortality structure by random sampling1
Violence in Hasmonean Judea: Skeletal evidence of a massacre from 2nd–1st century BCE Jerusalem1
The osteology and provenance of a portion of the Parkinson collection, Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain, c. 18971
Pigs in the Neolithic of the Eastern Fertile Crescent: New evidence from Pre‐Pottery Neolithic Bestansur and Shimshara, Iraqi Kurdistan (7800–7100 BC)1
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A differentially diagnosed simple bone cyst from a medieval Polish osteological collection1
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Estimating intralimb proportions for commingled remains1
Morphological and Biomechanical Consequences of Leg Amputation in a Warring States Individual (2200 BP) From the Frontier of Northern China1
Practice makes perfect? Inter‐analyst variation in the identification of fish remains from archaeological sites1
Faunal Exploitation Strategies, Dietary Habits, and Social Status in Tang Dynasty Chang'an: Zooarchaeological Insights From Xiajiazhuang1
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Long‐term processes between Classic and Postclassic populations in the Mexico basin1
The Study of the Skeletal Remains of the 16th Century Italian Commander Alessandro Farnese and His Wife, Maria D'Aviz1
Reconstruction of dietary habits in the Early Bronze Age of Anatolia through the analysis of dental caries and wear1
Stable Isotope Analysis Combined With ZooMS Reveals the Subsistence Strategies at Wupu Cemetery in the Eastern Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China1
Anemias in ancient Egyptian child mummies: Computed tomography investigations in European museums1
The urban sea: Cribra orbitalia, porotic hyperostosis, linear enamel hypoplasia, and sinusitis in three diachronic urban sites from the Dutch province of Zeeland (1030–1800 CE)1
Using mixing models to study human paleodiets in central‐western Santa Cruz (Argentina) during Late Holocene1
Graves, landmarks, or sacrificial monuments? The human osteology and paleopathology of the Bronze Age burial cairns in Finland1
Human and camelid paleodiets in El Bolsón valley (NW Argentina): A stable isotope approach1
Analysis of skeletal remains from the Battle of Britain: A temporary cemetery of German aviators from World War II1
Liburnian lunches: New stable isotope data for the Iron Age community of Nadin‐Gradina, Croatia1
The Rule Rather Than the Exception! Multi‐Predator Actualistic Accumulations From Cau del Duc (Lleida, Spain) and Their Implications for the Interpretation of the Archaeopaleontological Record1
An analysis of interobserver variability in the recording of maxillary sinusitis in human osteoarchaeological remains1
A new laboratory‐based method to experimentally induce diagenetic modifications in human bone tissue using archaeological gravesoils1
Bioarchaeological insights into disability: Skeletal dysplasia from the Iron Age northern China1
The impact of urbanization on growth patterns of non‐adults in medieval England1
Toward standardization of statistical reporting in studies on entheseal changes1
Diseases and Traumas of Pleistocene Megafauna: A Perspective From Poland1
Understanding “local”: Prehispanic Maya mobility and diet at Pacbitun, Belize, using strontium, oxygen, sulfur, carbon, and nitrogen isotope values1
Length estimation of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) using vertebrae1
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An investigation into differential use of ocher in burials at Khok Phanom Di, Thailand1
Cremation during the early period (1000 bc–600 ad) in the archaeological site of Matecaña (Pereira, Colombia)1
The embodiment of colonial strategy: Osteoarthritis in ancient Nubia1
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First case of juvenile primary bone malignant neoplasm in ancient China: A skeleton from the Northern Wei Dynasty (386–534 CE)1
Biological histories of an elite: Skeletons from the Royal Chapel of Lugo Cathedral (NW Spain)1
Bilateral fabella in the mummy of the Blessed Jean Bassand (c. 1360–1445): A unique description in ancient human remains1
Admixture and population dynamics in the Philippines through craniometric analysis1
Indicators of motherhood? Sacral preauricular extensions and notches in identified skeletal collections1
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Trepanation during the late Neolithic Age from the Mapai cemetery in the Gan‐Qing region, northwestern China—A bioarcheological and experimental study1
Frequency and co‐occurrence of porous skeletal lesions in identified non‐adults from Portugal (19th to 20th centuries) and its association with respiratory infections as cause of death1
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Evaluation of entheseal changes in a modern identified skeletal collection from Inden (Germany)1
Osteoarchaeological Perspectives on Socioeconomic Changes in European Iron Age Societies: Some Introductory Remarks1
Pronounced hyperostosis frontalis interna and co‐occurring lesions in the skull base suggestive of a pituitary tumor in a woman from medieval Germany1
Multi‐Isotope Analysis Reveals Human Millet‐Based Diets and Limited Mobility in the Central Plains of China ca. 5000 Years Ago1
A case of cholesteatoma in a medieval Hispano‐Mudejar population (13th–14th centuries ad)1
The Effects of Urban Living on Child, Infant, and Maternal Health: A Comparative Study of Linear Enamel Hypoplasia Between Two Dutch Postmedieval Populations1
Stable isotope values of carbon and nitrogen in hair compared to bone collagen from individuals with known medical histories (Bohemia, 19th–21st centuries)1
Assessment of the changes in the petrous portion of temporal bone (pars petrosa ossis temporalis) under the influence of high temperature during the cremation process1
Complexity of agricultural economies in the Yiluo region in the late Neolithic and bronze age (3500–221 BC): An integrated stable isotope and archeobotanical study from the Tumen site, North China1
Cranial deformation in the northwestern Caspian Sea region in the Bronze Age: Siberian parallels1
Once were warriors: Challenging occupation preconceptions in Lebanese weapon‐associated burials (Middle Bronze Age, Sidon)1
Specifying subsistence strategies of early farmers: New results from compound‐specific isotopic analysis of amino acids1
Riding for a fall: Bone fractures among mounted archers from the Hungarian Conquest period (10th century CE)1
A Young Woman From the Fifth Millennium BCE in Chega Sofla Cemetery With a Modified and Hinge Fractured Cranium, Southwestern Iran1
Revisiting the differential diagnosis of the lucent bone lesion: A case of fibrous dysplasia discovered in a Polish medieval osteological collection1
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Chicken Consumption in Three Early Modern (17th–19th Century) Cities in Japan1
Unique Lucayan sand dune burials at the Rolling Heads site, Long Island, The Bahamas1
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