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Island ruins eroding as sea floods 13000 year old village
Archaeologists from the Smithsonian University of Oregon and Chumash leaders race to inventory Santa Cruz Island sites battered by rising seas and storms. Eight sites face imminent loss including a cave with artifacts and a redwood plank used to repair a canoe.
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