I appreciate your good will sent towards me alwaysnight, and I agree with you totally. Sometimes the lines between the spiritual and scientific blend and Archaeology is a career choice for those who can deal with some of the uncomfortable situations in these grey areas. I like to think that the specific care in which Archaeologists use on digs is enough to show respect to those who once inhabited the areas. An overly romantic idea maybe because I know sometimes special attention is not taken but for the most part I feel Archaeological specimens are treated with much respect.

You don't want to know what some people DID find under their floors. 
Not saying it is always bad.

Didn't mean to get up on a soap box in my previous post. Although when I hear of native peoples
having to ask museums for the return of ancestral remains or "artifacts," it does get me riled a bit. I'm really intensely curious about the ancient civilizations of this world. And the line between investigation and desecration will ever be a misty gray area with rarely a clear answer in sight.

So I throw my hands up and let the mist envelope me as it will.

Can you imagine the uproar if we Native Americans started digging up white burial grounds and put the bones in our museums to study? hmmm

It is a hard one I know.  I have an intense interest in Anthropology and I am part Native.  There is a bit of a conflict in me over this issue.