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Please cite this article as: Peña-Monné, J.L., Rubio-Fernández, V., González-Pérez, J.R., Rodanés, J.M., Picazo, J.V., Medina, J., Vázquez, M.P., Sampietro-Vattuone, M.M., Pérez-Lambán, F., Geoarchaeology of defensive moats: its importance for site localization, evolution and formation process reconstruction of archaeological sites in
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