Posts Tagged ‘pothunters’

How Should Pothunters be Arrested?

There seems to be lingering anger and bewilderment over the FBI’s conduct in the June arrests of 16 suspected pothunters in Blanding, Utah. In my own reporting on this story, it’s one of the angles I covered here and here. Since then, I’ve been surprised to see that some authorities and former prominent government officials…Continue Reading…

The Looters Next Door

I’ve recently spent a lot of time reporting in the Four Corners region of the Southwest. When this blog goes dark for a few days, it’s usually because I’m on assignment somewhere in the backcountry, or frantically trying to meet a magazine deadline. So one of the stories I’ve been working on is about archaeology…Continue Reading…

Twiggers

Just what you want, pothunters made more effecient by meth. Jeez, archaeology can’t catch a break.