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:
>
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>
> 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
Todd Ahlman, Ph.D., RPA
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