Twenty-eighth Interview with Al Look: Turner-Look Site

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With Judy Anne Prosser-Armstrong and Dave Fishell, Al Look visits the Turner-Look Site in the Bookcliffs of Grand County, Utah. Look details the site’s discovery by rancher Al Turner, its exploration by Al Look and his son Al Look Jr., and excavation by archaeologist Hannah Marie Wormington of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Look discusses the vandalism that has occurred at the site, the theft of artifacts, and steps the Federal Government has taken to deter such thefts at the sites of other digs. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.