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| Planning.--In July and August 2000, with the support of two National Science Foundation
grants (DEB-9505031: Pietsch; DEB-9910410 A000 SGER: Fitzhugh), the International
Kuril Island Project (IKIP) carried out its 7th field season
in the Russian Kuril Islands. This was the first season during which veteran
biologists were joined by archaeologists interested in the paleo-biogeography
and human settlement history of this isolated and poorly investigated region.
This preliminary report documents the archaeological/ paleo-biogeographical
component of this expedition funded under grant DEB-9910410 A000 SGER.
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