Thanks for the clue. The Washington Post is much clearer and has a
photo essay which shows the contrast in the mortuary practices between
the two and the archaeological evidence only mis-reported it seems in
the NY Times I was off about.
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/19/AR2007061901929.html?nav=hcmodule)
There's also a report of troops getting archaeological playing cards
in Iraq to help them recognize archaeological sites, imploring them to
drive around them rather than over them. I still have a picture in my
mind of the small palisade site that is "Pine Camp #1" archaeological
site at Fort Drum with the wooden snow fence around it except where
the tank tracks had pulled up and stopped just over the fence. It's
been part of the research on the "St. Lawrence Iroquois" thought one
of the earlier groups of their legacy in the "A2A" area (Algonquin to
Adirondack) known for its interesting agricultural settlement patterns
and wildlife and according to some legend, site of the early "state
formation" of the League of the Iroquois. Even early stone canal
structures according to Parks Canada.
Playing cards: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/18/AR2007061801277.html?tid=informbox
George Myers