Bill Adams wrote:
 
> There has been a small amount of useful data come from collectors, but
> the destruction they do far outweighs any value in their collection. Even
> surface collecting, it turn out, destroys a record of the site, as
> plowzone studies indicate.
>
> If a museum accepts the collection they condone the activity of
> collecting and treasure hunting. If they display the items, they give
> validity to such action and show they support it.
>
> A museum should have an ethical position which refuses to accept items
> acquired unethically.
>
> Without scientific provenience, a collection of arrowheads is just a
> bunch of pretty rocks.
>
> Bill Adams
 
 
Phooey!
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Rich Green
 
"The end result of try is tried...the end result of do is done"