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Lima, Peru. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f79b2fe4b0cf2be50d0613/1564285052129-I7A9YKBDXZ20LBGEBAR2/IMG_1676.jpg About 2018 Field Season at the Teotihuacan Research Laboratory. San Juan, Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f79b2fe4b0cf2be50d0613/1564299413003-XZ7AMEFY6BFX3OLEIQR6/Temple%252Bof%252Bthe%252BFeathered%252BSerpent%252B-%252B004.jpg About Feathered Serpent Pyramid. Teotihuacan Field Season 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f79b2fe4b0cf2be50d0613/1564286121862-IPWLMHBTN2Q7NZFLNRLY/IMG_4381.jpg About Bolnick Paleogenomics Group, 2015. University of Texas at Austin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f79b2fe4b0cf2be50d0613/1564299846700-5OK5VWZUV7QOH6542LT7/caana.jpg About Caana Plaza. 2019 field season with the Caracol Archaeeological Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f79b2fe4b0cf2be50d0613/1564299904894-T085MXE8VODEFPSPSLL8/IMG_7550.jpg About Ancient DNA Lab 2015. 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