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SAME GROUND The conflicts that have haunted our world history have all been associated with the clash of ethics. The British Empire who ruled much of the world under their code of ethics. Earlier the Romans had also ruled over a large portion under their ethical views. Our country is at war right now because our president believes we need to clean up the ethics of another country. Where do we draw the line on ethics? We don’t. “No particular system of ethics can be said to be absolutely right or wrong. Ethics is a cultural construction” (Goldstein and Kintigh 1990:7). Archaeologists have formed SAA Principles of Archaeological Ethics. These principles have been listed in an order of eight and are encourage by the Executive Board to be used by all archaeologist, for they are responsible for archaeological resources. According to the SAA Principles of Archaeological Ethics the eight steps as follows: Stewardship, Accountability, Commercialization, Public Education and Outreach, Intellectual Property, Public Reporting and Publication, Records and Preservation, and Training and Resources. The ethical views of the people who’s ancestors may be being dug up, should raise a concern. A line is drawn between the good of t