Blazing Shovels
This is an interesting look at looting in the American Southwest. I was working in this area this past summer and this story hit very close to home, especially as I had archaeologist friends working in the very areas being threatened by the looters.
http://www.mountaingazette.com/exclusive/features/blazing_shovels/
Blazing Shovels
“From the Rez (Native American Reservation) to the celebrity galleries of Santa Fe, the War on Looting surges “Early on the morning of June 10, an army of federal agents descended on the Four Corners region. In Blanding, Moab, Durango and Santa Fe, they rounded up, cuffed and jailed two dozen residents, ransacked homes, businesses, cars and Tuff Sheds, and seized computers and business records by the armload. In Santa Fe, agents raided the homes of prestigious artists, authors and collector/dealers. Within a week, two of those arrested were dead by apparent suicide, triggering an intense wave of public reaction and debate. The mystery was deepened by a report that federal agents have been implicated, and new fears were raised about ‘twiggers’ — tweaker-diggers who trade pots for meth (see sidebar). As the Byzantine plot thickened, Harper- Collins was inspired to seize the moment and re-release Tony Hillerman’s 1988 archaeo-mystery, ‘A Thief of Time.’”
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