Archaeologists' Point of View

In times of friendly stress the ceremony rein push backs the idea that altruism--institutionalized, socialized, spiritually valued, and, above all, natural--will secure the people's survival.

Harrington, S. P. M. "The Looting of Arkansas." Archaeology, May-June 1991, 22-30.

This is a journalistic account of the conflict amidst property owners' rights, which they hold to be absolute, and the nation's stake in its cultural heritage in archaeologically-rich Arkansas. Following a summary write up of the looting of Arkansas sites the views of collectors, rogue excavators, Native Ameri drive outs, and archaeologists are air out via interviews. Harrington marshals arguments against unregulated digging and trading of artifacts, concluding that such prac

tices obliterate the Native American past since unprovenanced items are useless for most types of study.

Recent laws can work to secure the Mississippian Culture's legacy, Harrington argues, as they have in neighboring Mississippi where government control of archaeological sites is the principal force behind preservation.

Zimmerman, Larry J. "Sharing Control of the Past." Archaeology, November-December 1994, 65.

Meighan, Clement W. "Burying American Archaeology." Archaeology, November-December 1994, 64.

Zimmerman argues in favor of the Native American Graves resistance and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) by making a number of very generalized, unsupported assertions about archaeologists' desire to replace traditionally constructed accounts of t
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