Word: charriere
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...Charrier admits that his excavation of the artifacts lost some of the information professional archeologists could have acquired from the site. But he defends himself by pointing out that he did preserve the collection as a whole, and did lend it to Harvard for a scholarly study...
...addition to the main lawsuit. Charrier has sued Harvard for return of the relies, which the University had decided to keep until the legal owner was decided. Harvard countersued, and the collection was recently transferred to the Louisiana State Museum because of renovations at the Peabody. The Tunica-Biloxi have also filed a federal suit asserting that they own the relics by right of their ancestry. All these claims have been set aside until the original suit is settled. The original suit itself has become so complicated that the state district court could not handle it and Judge D. Lenton...
...suit finally came to trial this spring and lawyers recently finished filing papers. The case has now gone to Sartain for a ruling, and Charrier expects a decision "any day now." But whatever the district court decides, the legal battle will probably continue; both sides have said they will appeal the case if Sartain rules against them...
...moving forces behind the states involvement in the case is Frederick G. Benton, a member of the antiquities commission who has represented the state in court free of charge. "Benton has always been there to always make the law come down as hard as possible on Charrier." Brain observes Benton has blocked settlement with Charrier, preferring instead to press his case in the courts...
Brain estimates that researchers have lost about half of the information they could have gained from the discovery. This is because Charrier did not keep records on the precise locations or positions in which the relies were found information which is as important as the relies themselves...