> August 7, 2006
> 
> For Immediate Release by the Arkansas Archeological
> Survey:
> 
> The Arkansas Archeological Survey and Southern
> Arkansas University
> report
> the theft of 26 prehistoric Caddo Indian pottery
> vessels from the
> Arkansas
> Archeological Survey's Research Station collections
> at Southern Arkansas
> University. The pottery vessels are all from the
> Cedar Grove site
> located on
> the Red River in Lafayette County, Arkansas. The
> vessels belong to the
> U.S.
> Army Corps of Engineers and are federal property.
> Photographs and
> complete
> documentation of each pottery vessel exist so they
> will be very
> difficult to
> sell on the open market.
> 
> The vessels are from Indian graves subject to the
> provisions of the
> Native
> American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, a
> federal law. If the
> vessels were transported across state lines they
> will be subject to the
> federal Archeological Resource Protection Act.
> Hence, the thieves can be
> prosecuted under two separate federal laws as well
> as state law. For
> these
> reasons, the SAU Police Department is working with
> the El Dorado office
> of
> the FBI in the investigation. 
> 
> For a list and photographs of the stolen pottery
> vessels see:
>
http://www.projectpast.org/sau/SAUCedarGroveMissingList_v3.pdf
> 
> For more information call:
> 
> Thomas J. Green
> Director
> Arkansas Archeological Survey
> 2475 N. Hatch Ave.
> Fayetteville, AR 72704
> 479-575-3556 or 479-442-0261
> 
> or 
> 
> Jamie C. Brandon
> Research Station Archeologist
> Arkansas Archeological Survey
> Southern Arkansas University
> PO Box 9381
> Magnolia, AR 71754
> 870-235-4229 
> 
> 
> -----
>  
> I am [log in to unmask]
> 
> Jamie C. Brandon
> Research Station Archeologist
> Arkansas Archeological Survey &
> Assistant Professor of Anthropology
> Southern Arkansas University
> http://www.projectpast.org/jcbrandon/
> 
> Sponsored by Special Collections Department,
> University of Arkansas
> Libraries, Fayetteville.
> http://libinfo.uark.edu/specialcollections/
> 
> 


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