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Barbara Bocek

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Definition: American archaeologist Barbara Bocek was at Stanford University in the early 1990s when she wrote her two seminal investigations of bioturbation of archaeological sites by prairie pocket gophers. She took a lead role in the repatriation of Native American remains and grave goods at Stanford, and had an active role for Amnesty International in Guatemala. She currently works in the Quileute Historic Preservation Office in Washington State.

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