I've passed this onto Vergil an dPeter but thought the masses may
enjoy:

www.bottlediggers.com

Well not actually enjoy, but find interesting.

Todd


On 11 Jul 2001, at 15:01, Vergil Noble wrote:

>      We had a recent incident in Lincoln, Nebraska, where one or more local
>      bottle collectors looted a privy exposed in a construction zone on
>      university property.  Dr. Peter Bleed of the Univ of Nebraska
>      Anthropology Department had been working in the area with cooperation
>      of the constuction team, but had not been able to excavate one privy
>      discovered late on a Friday.  He discovered on the following Monday
>      that the feature had been looted over the weekend.  It was publicized
>      in the local paper, and it wasn't long before a suspect was identified
>      and charged with criminal trespass, theft, and various other minor
>      crimes.  The university and city attorney are pursuing prosecution,
>      and the city is even considering a new historic preservation ordinance
>      to address such incidents.
>
>      Meanwhile, through the university public relations department, a
>      writer for the Wall Street Journal has become interested in cultural
>      resource crime, and he would like to develop a feature article on the
>      subject with particular emphasis on privy looting.  For context, he
>      needs to know how widespread a problem privy looting is, particularly
>      in urban areas.  Anyone with pertinent information about recent
>      incidents of a similar kind should contact us off-list with a brief
>      description of the incident and contact information (name and phone
>      number) that can be passed along to the newspaper writer, who possibly
>      will follow up with telephone interviews.  This solicitation is not
>      limited to U.S. cases. In fact, I think it is important to show that
>      this is a widespread problem, certainly not unique to Lincoln.
>
>      Please respond to me with a copy of the message to Peter Bleed:
>
>      <[log in to unmask]>
>
>      Thanks for your assistance in heightening public awareness of these
>      issues.  A Wall Street Journal article on the subject would generate
>      considerable attention to this problem among a readership not usually
>      atuned to such issues.
>
>
>      Vergil Noble
>      US National Park Service
>      SHA President-Elect


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