Southwestern Treasures ; Government Looks Other Way As Artifacts Looted

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The map was reminiscent of the layout of the West Bank, with its contorted maze of enclaves, land strips and razor-thin passages.

"You see this red color? This is federal land," Bureau of Land Management archaeologist Linda Farnsworth said as she swung her pencil over the Four Corners area - a plateau where Colorado, Utah, Nevada and New Mexico meet. "And the white color is private land."

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Southwestern Treasures ; Government Looks Other Way As Artifacts Looted

It could have appeared inconsequential, had these limits not marked an invisible front line in a clash between culture and vandalism, public good and private greed, law abidance and crime.

"Yes, the same thing done on public and private land could mea...

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