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Student researcher Martin Vazquez sorts through large objects of interest found among thousands of crumbling mussel shells in the dig. At right a giant barnacle, found among other litter from 800 to 1,000 years ago, awaits study. The barnacle is a species only found in Antarctic waters, hundreds of miles to the south. "It could only have arrived on the head of a whale," Piana said.

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3. Cultural Extinction
Student researcher Martin Vazquez sorts through large objects of interest found among thousands of crumbling mussel shells in the dig. At right a giant barnacle, found among other litter from 800 to 1,000 years ago, awaits study. The barnacle is a species only found in Antarctic waters, hundreds of miles to the south. "It could only have arrived on the head of a whale," Piana said.