Same here. Busted looters last year going thru a can dump and prehistoric site. 

 
 
 
Mark Howe 
Arizona State University 

"Life is how you make it, the future is how you leave your past." 





 
> Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:56:27 -0700
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> Subject: Re: NY Times article
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> I am one of the commenters.
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> David Hayes R.P.A.
> St. Croix
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> --- On Fri, 7/10/09, Eric Powell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> From: Eric Powell <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: NY Times article
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> Date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 3:44 PM
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> Have any Histarchers read today's NY Times piece on the Brooklyn fireman who digs privies as a hobby?
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> http://nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/1-in-8-million/index.html?hp&hp#
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> In the comments section there is a lively back and forth going on between archaeologists (Among others, Peter Bleed has posted a comment) and those who see amateur excavation as harmless or even a positive development in historical preservation.
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> Eric Powell
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