Coloradan indicted in looting of ancient artifacts
By RMI Staff 
| August 26, 2009 | 12:39 PM
A Colorado man has been indicted in a federal investigation into the looting of ancient Southwestern artifacts in the Four Corners region.
Robert B. Knowlton, 66, of Grand Junction, was indicted late Tuesday in Denver. He is charged with four counts of illegally selling archaeological artifacts and one count of transporting them from Colorado to Utah.
Knowlton, who allegedly sold artifacts on the Internet, is the 26th person charged as part of the investigation, which has been going on for two years.
Read the complete story at CBS4 News.
Read the RMI’s previous coverage of such looting and efforts to protect the region’s archaeology sites:
Archaeologists for hire are history’s bodyguards
Shielding the treasures of our past
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