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Category: The Cairns Dig Diary 2017

Archaeology The Cairns Dig Diary 2017

The Cairns Day Twenty. The Last Post. 2017

by seanlisle1Monday, July 10, 2017 (7:45am)Monday, July 10, 2017 (7:57am)
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Archaeology The Cairns Dig Diary 2017

Geophysics at The Cairns 2017

by seanlisle1Monday, July 10, 2017 (7:25am)Tuesday, July 11, 2017 (12:21am)
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Archaeology The Cairns Dig Diary 2017

The Cairns Day Nineteen 2017

by seanlisle1Thursday, July 6, 2017 (1:33pm)Thursday, July 6, 2017 (1:34pm)
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The Cairns Day Eighteen 2017

by seanlisle1Wednesday, July 5, 2017 (11:30pm)
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Archaeology The Cairns Dig Diary 2017

The Cairns Day Seventeen 2017

by seanlisle1Tuesday, July 4, 2017 (10:32pm)
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The Cairns Day Day Sixteen 2017

by seanlisle1Monday, July 3, 2017 (11:12pm)
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The Cairns Day Fifteen 2017

by seanlisle1Monday, July 3, 2017 (10:52pm)
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The Cairns Day Fourteen 2017

by seanlisle1Thursday, June 29, 2017 (12:14pm)
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