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x Bibby, Geoffrey
  1969
Looking for Dilmun.
New York, Alfred A. Knopf: [xvi] + 383 + viii. 41 figs. 32 pls. 9 maps.
–Mentions use of dugongs for food in Abu Dhabi, both today (224) and in the Umm an-Nar community of ca. 2800 B.C., where dugong bones made up about 80% of the total faunal remains (303-304, 306).

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Accidental Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
x  1969Bibby, G. (DD; Abu Dhabi; nets; 304.)
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x  1969Bibby, G. (DD; Abu Dhabi; 303-304, 306.)
Asia
(SEE ALSO: Arctic Region; Bering Sea; China; East Indies; Indian Ocean; India; Japan; Red Sea; Russia; Sakhalin; Sri Lanka; Taiwan)
x  1969Bibby, G. (DD; Abu Dhabi; 224, 303-304, 306.)
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
x  1969Bibby, G. (Abu Dhabi; use for food; 224, 303-304, 306.)
Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
x  1969Bibby, G. (DD; Abu Dhabi; meat; 224, 303-304, 306.)