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By Susan Montoya Bryan
Albuquerque, New Mexico (AP)
The U.S. Attorney’s Office and investigators with the Bureau of Land Management returned an ancient clay jar to its rightful owners Jan. 28, nearly three years after two men tried to steal it from an archaeological site in western New Mexico.
Dignitaries of Acoma Pueblo accepted the jar, called an olla, during a brief ceremony.
Albuquerque, New Mexico (AP)
The U.S. Attorney’s Office and investigators with the Bureau of Land Management returned an ancient clay jar to its rightful owners Jan. 28, nearly three years after two men tried to steal it from an archaeological site in western New Mexico.
Dignitaries of Acoma Pueblo accepted the jar, called an olla, during a brief ceremony.
