Another possibility is to sell off all the surplus artifacts to
collectors and use the resulting money to finance legislation agains
pothunting.

(Before the hate mail starts pouring in, this is inteded as humor)

Bill

> While I see and agree with elements of both sides of the issue of culling,
> perhaps a discussion should follow the pusuit of digital recording methods.
> With imaging and 3d technology what they are today, artifacts intended for
> discard could be photographed, digitized, rendered in three dimensionality
> and documented.  Perhaps not ideal for the tactile qualities some may seek,
> but certainly better than nothing and virtual space is much more abundant
> and cheaper - such processes should be part of all recording procedures now,
> in any case.
> heather
>