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This work was carried out in collaboration with Prof. Du\u0161an Mihailovi\u0107<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">at the<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/arhiva.rect.bg.ac.rs\/en\/members\/faculties\/PHS.php\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the COEXIST project we focused on sampling bone material from 4 sites, most of them still being excavated:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kozja pe\u0107ina (goat cave)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mala pe\u0107ina (small cave)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pe\u0161turina<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u0160alitrena Pe\u0107ina<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overall, we plan to analyse ca. 1,000 bones from these sites to<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> study butchery behaviours of the humans sheltering in the cave. 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