-Snip- >I will not knowingly patronize a museum or museum store >which sells archaeologically derived artifacts. Just my 2 >cents. > >Chris Dill Jack Thompson said: As much as I appreciate the sentiment expressed by Chris Dill (and others) I am uncertain about this matter. Jack: I didn't say it was any easy standard or ethic to follow. What I did say was that the Society for American Archaeology's Code of Ethics forbade the sale of any archeologically derived materials. I presume the SAA's members would prefer that we threw deaccessioned archeological collections into the land fill rather than built up a market for the pothunters by selling the stuff. I don't recall ever NOT being able to transfer deaccessioned archeological artifacts on to other museums, but if that happened, I'd rather lose a few dollars than encourage theft. Now I suppose I'm up to 4 cents. Chris Dill - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. L. Dill, Museum Director State Historical Society of North Dakota 612 East Boulevard Bismarck ND 58505-0830 P: (701)328-2666 F: (701)328-3710 E: [log in to unmask] Visit our Web site at: http://www.state.nd.us/hist/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -