Assorted Dangers of the not so very Dangerous Variety

[pinksonia]

    We had looters.  I've never had looters before, probably because I was never really on a project before with anything worth looting.  We were surveying a 1000m access road with a lithic scatter across pretty much the whole thing.  About halfway through, where the artifacts on the ground were at their heaviest, we came across a series of holes that no one on the crew had dug.  They were much more frequent than general shovel tests, smaller in size, and in the center of the road while we usually dig along the sides.  Apparently one of the Civil Survey people was showing Jill pictures of his "arrowhead collection" a couple of weeks ago, so we think it may have been him.  But either way, looters!  It's almost like being Indiana Jones (which usually not so much). 

Also this news makes me not want to go on our Florida project.  I've finally accustomed myself to the cottonmouths, rattlers, copperheads, and assorted  non-threatening snakes.  Adding a new 20ft one = not cool!

Comments

[mcgarrygirl78.livejournal.com]

Your job sounds really cool. I can't believe someone came and stole things, that really sucks. Hope it doesnt set you guys too far back in your work.

[ohthisstar.livejournal.com]

Wow that's crazy! I'd be pretty mad. People need some morals and need to not steal!

[polyksena.livejournal.com]

Dang! I've definitely heard of the civil guys picking up stuff . . . but digging for them? That's certainly new. Oooh it's gonna be one ebay isn't it?

[zooropababy.livejournal.com]

That sounds like 1010 for us - a local community college has a "professor" (you'll see what I use that term loosely for him) who has been teaching 'arrowhead collecting and identification' (can't remember the exact class name) for about 20 years.
He's been telling his students to go to the same site for 20 years for field collection.
When we were there excavating we kept getting students coming up, telling us about all the awesome things they had found over the years.
We found diddly squat in comparison.
GROWWWLLL!
ANother snake that's bigger? EEP.

[aquietmess.livejournal.com]

Being me, I would have gone to the police or complained about it somewhere.

Isn't there anything you can do?