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Ben Fitzhugh, University of Washington

Caption: Ben Fitzhugh, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Washington, collects charcoal samples to be used for radiocarbon dating of different layers of an eroding archaeological site in the Kurils.

Credit: Photo credit: Mike Etnier, U. Washington.

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