Disturbing Trends :

Internet sales driving Indian pottery looting
The Tucson Citizen
The Associated Press
"MESA - Looters are plucking more ancient Indian pottery from dwellings and graves across the Phoenix area and the state, encouraged by a growing market for the wares over the Internet.
'It opened up an opportunity for people who were selling - on this gray market at best - to people in Japan and anywhere else,' said Jerry Howard, curator of anthropology at the Mesa Southwest Museum. 'And because of that, we have seen a rise in the amount of vandalism and pot hunting."

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