Henderson Island excavation site (IMAGE)

Canterbury Museum

Henderson Island excavation site

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The Henderson Island Sandpiper bones were excavated from caves during the Sir Peter Scott Commemorative Expedition in the early 1990s. Canterbury Museum Visiting Researcher Dr Graham Wragg, one of the paper's co-authors, is second from left in this photo.

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