Neil Brodie, Kathryn Walker Tubb

Illicit Antiquities

The Theft of Culture and the Extinction of Archaeology

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 491g
• ISBN-13: 9780415510776
• ISBN-10: 0415510775
• Artikelnr.: 35421021

Autorenporträt

Neil Brodie is an Archaeologist who since 1988 has been Coordinator of the Illicit Antiquities Research Centre at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge. Kathryn Walker Tubb is an Archaeological Conservator and Lecturer at the Institue of Archaeology, University College London. She has co-organized a major international conference entitled 'Conservation and the AntiquitiesTrade' in 1993 for the UK Institute for Conservation Archaeology Section.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Neil Brodie 2. Greek Vases for Sale: some statistical
evidence Vinnie Norskov 3. Walking a Fine Line: promoting the past without
selling it Paula Lazrus 4. The Concept of Cultural Protection in Times of
Armed Conflict: from the Crusades to the new Millennium Patrick Boylan 5.
Law and the Underwater Cultural Heritage: a question of balancing interests
Sarah Dromgoole 6. Negotiating the Future of the Underwater Cultural
Heritage Patrick O'Keefe 7. Perceptions of Marine Artefact Conservation and
their Relationship to Destruction and Theft Amanda Sutherland 8. Metal
Detecting in Britain: catastrophe or compromise? Peter Addyman and Neil
Brodie . 9. Britannia Waives the Rules: the licensing of archaeological
material for export from the United Kingdom Neil Brodie 10. Mexico's
Archaeological Heritage: a convergence and confrontation of interests
Enrique Nalda 11. What's going on around the corner? Illegal trade of art
and antiquities in Argentina Danial Schávelzon 12. Looting Graves/Buying
and Selling Artefacts: Facing reality in the United States Hester Davies
13. Reducing Incentives for Illicit Trade in Antiquities: the US
implementation of the 1970 UNESCO Convention Susan Keech McIntosh 14. The
Rape of Mali's Only Resource Téréba Togola 15. Dealing with Dealers and
Tomb Raiders: the realities of the archaeology of the Ghor es-Safi in
Jordan Konstantinos Politis 16. Plunder of Cultural and Art Treasures: the
Indian experience S. K. Pachauri 17 Point, Counterpoint Kathryn Walker Tubb