Mexico recovers 929 pre-Columbian pieces

By ALEXANDRA OLSON , Associated Press Writer, General Science / Archaeology & Fossils

Photographers take pictures of pre-Columbian artifacts that were stolen and recently recovered at a press conference in Mexico City, Friday, June 20, 2008. Hundreds of pre-Columbian artifacts were returned to Mexico after being seized from smugglers in the U.S. and Canada. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

(AP) -- Mexico recovered more than 900 pre-Columbian artifacts seized from smugglers in the U.S. and Canada, including 800-year-old fiber sandals, spears and hunting bows looted from nomadic caves, officials said Friday.

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