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Illicit Antiquities: The Theft of Culture and the Extinction of Archaeology
By Neil Brodie, Kathryn Walker Tubb
320 pages
- Contributors:
- Includes content by:
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Neil Brodie
Vinnie NØrskov
Paula Lazrus
Patrick J. Boylan
Sarah Dromgoole
Patrick J. Okeefe
Amanda Sutherland
Peter V. A Ddyman
Enrique Nalda
Daniel SchÁvelzon
Neil BrodieShow more
Vinnie NØrskov
Paula Lazrus
Patrick J. Boylan
Sarah Dromgoole
Patrick J. Okeefe
Amanda Sutherland
Peter V. A Ddyman
Enrique Nalda
Daniel SchÁvelzon
Hester A. Davis
Susan Keech Mcintosh
TÉrÉba Togola
Konstantinos D. Politis
S. K. Pachauri
Kathryn Walker Tubb
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- London
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Subjects:
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Antiquities--Collection And Preservation--Congresses
Antiquities--Collection And Preservation--Moral And Ethical Aspects--Congresses
Historic Sites--Conservation And Restoration--Congresses
Historic Sites--Conservation And Restoration--Moral And Ethical Aspects--Congresses
Cultural Property--Protection--Congresses
Cultural Property--Protection (International Law)--Congresses
Archaeological Thefts--Congresses
Synopsis
The exploitation of archaeological sites for commercial gain is a serious problem worldwide. In peace and during wartime archaeological sites and cultural institutions, both on land and underwater, are attacked and their contents robbed for sale on an international 'antiquities' market. Objects are excavated without record, smuggled across borders and sold for exorbitant prices in the salesrooms of Europe and North America. In some countries this looting has now reached such a scale as to threaten ...
The exploitation of archaeological sites for commercial gain is a serious problem worldwide. In peace and during wartime archaeological sites and cultural institutions, both on land and underwater, are attacked and their contents robbed for sale on an international 'antiquities' market. Objects are excavated without record, smuggled across borders and sold for exorbitant prices in the salesrooms of Europe and North America. In some countries this looting has now reached such a scale as to threaten the very survival of their archaeological and cultural heritage.This volume highlights the deleterious effects of the trade on cultural heritage, but in particular it focuses upon questions of legal and local responses: How can people become involved in the preservation of their past and what, in economic terms, are the costs and benefits? Are international conventions or export restrictions effective in diminishing the volume of the trade and the scale of its associated destruction?
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents v
- Illustrations vii
- Foreword x
- Preface and Acknowledgements xi
- Introduction 1
- References 20
- 1 - Greek Vases for Sale: Some Statistical Evidence 23
- 2 - Walking a Fine Line: Promoting the Past Without Selling It 38
- References 42
- 3 - The Concept of Cultural Protection in Times of Armed Conflict: from the Crusades to the New Millennium 43
- Notes 87
- 4 - Law and the Underwater Cultural Heritage: a Question of Balancing Interests 109
- 5 - Negotiating the Future of the Underwater Cultural Heritage 137
- Notes 155
- 6 - Perceptions of Marine Artefact Conservation and Their Relationship to Destruction and Theft 162
- Title Page iii
- Contents v
- Illustrations vii
- Foreword x
- Preface and Acknowledgements xi
- Introduction 1
- References 20
- 1 - Greek Vases for Sale: Some Statistical Evidence 23
- 2 - Walking a Fine Line: Promoting the Past Without Selling It 38
- References 42
- 3 - The Concept of Cultural Protection in Times of Armed Conflict: from the Crusades to the New Millennium 43
- Notes 87
- 4 - Law and the Underwater Cultural Heritage: a Question of Balancing Interests 109
- 5 - Negotiating the Future of the Underwater Cultural Heritage 137
- Notes 155
- 6 - Perceptions of Marine Artefact Conservation and Their Relationship to Destruction and Theft 162
- Bibliography 174
- 7 - Metal Detecting in Britain: Catastrophe or Compromise? 179
- 8 - Britannia Waives the Rules? the Licensing of Archaeological Material for Export from the Uk 185
- 9 - Mexico's Archaeological Heritage: a Convergence and Confrontation of Interests 205
- Notes 227
- 10 - What's Going on Around the Corner? Illegal Trade of Art and Antiquities in Argentina 228
- 11 - Looting Graves/Buying and Selling Artefacts: Facing Reality in the Us 235
- References 240
- 12 - Reducing Incentives for Illicit Trade in Antiquities: the Us Implementation of the 1970 Unesco Convention 241
- 13 - The Rape of Mali's Only Resource 250
- References 256
- 14 - Dealing with the Dealers and Tomb Robbers: the Realities of the Archaeology of the Ghor Es-Safi in Jordan 257
- 15 - Plunder of Cultural and Art Treasures - the Indian Experience 268
- 16 - Point, Counterpoint 280
- Index 301