So Archeology equals desecration to you? Wow.
Well, if somebody needs the lot for construction of an apartment building, or a gas station, then the bones will have to be moved anyway, so why not study the site.
After all, as the article points out — this is the first time the site has been looted.
BUT
These people were Christians, received Christian burials, and are otherwise entitled to rest in peace.
Not only that, truth is they did not live and die in the dim mists of prehistory, and the desecration done in the process simply isn’t justified by the meager information gleaned.
They bore belt buckles and earrings. Wow.