Prof digs up urban treasures

Salt Lake City, UT - Below the heat of the sun in a Salt Lake City backyard, urban archaeologist Timothy Scarlett stands on 1885, digging up the pioneer past.

"From an archaeologist's perspective, there isn't another region in the country where you can get this kind of collection representing a single type of folk art," Scarlett says.

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