If you haven’t read about the indictment of 24 people in San Juan county, Utah, for violating the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa-mm), see the previous four posts. Some in the press are erroneously calling it the Agricultural Resources Protection Act. The law criminalizes the removal of archaeological artifacts. The law reads [...]
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Small town culture – above the law?
July 16, 2009Social standing doesn’t exempt people from our laws | thespectrum.com | The Spectrum
July 15, 2009Social standing doesn’t exempt people from our laws | thespectrum.com | The Spectrum Posted using ShareThis
Blanding residents outraged over artifacts raid, suicide aftermath – Salt Lake Tribune
July 15, 2009Blanding residents outraged over artifacts raid, suicide aftermath – Salt Lake Tribune Posted using ShareThis
Deseret News | Town mourns loss of doctor
July 15, 2009Deseret News | Town mourns loss of doctor Posted using ShareThis
Deseret News | Residents decry artifact-theft indictments
July 15, 2009Deseret News | Residents decry artifact-theft indictments Posted using ShareThis
Photos Of My Anasazi Roadtrip (2007)
July 11, 2009Click here to see my photo album containing pics from Cedar Mesa, Navajo National Monument and Chaco Canyon. The muddy Hummer is from thrashing our way up the river and back in Canyon de Chelley.
House of Rain or was it House of Pain?
April 6, 2009Sometime in 1990, an L.A. glam band called Faster Pussycat (one of the dumbest band names) scored a hit single with a ballad called House of Pain. It’s a song about a young boy with divorced parents, whose father never comes around. It is a pretty poignant song because you can tell the song writers [...]
