> 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/ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).