To access the web site, click this URL link: Alabama Office of Archaeological Research
[He continues:]
Why is this so important? I can tell you first hand. It is impossible to protect Native American heritage sites, if you don’t know where they are. Look what happened in Oxford, Alabama!
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For what it is worth I strongly agree with this. Any would-be looter has no problems identifying sites as it is. I know of several intact places where there are artifacts under the ground and where I could dig as much as I wanted to, if I wanted to- but I don't. If towns and landowners and neighbors knew what resources were under the surface in these places, it might be more risky to stroll in there with a shovel. But I strongly believe that the greatest threat to these sites is development, not looting. I am watching sites that are known to the state and that have been written about in the MAS Bulletin just get bulldozed into oblivion. I doubt that towns or developers in most cases are aware on any level of just what it is that they are erasing. I believe that professional archaeologists on the whole have done a poor job of getting information out there. Someone looking for information about common projectile point types in Massachusetts is more likely to find this blog, than anything published by a professional. My opinion.
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