Neil Brodie

Illicit Antiquities

The Theft of Culture and the Extinction of Archaeology

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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,… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Walker Tubb, Kathryn

ISBN: 978-1-134-56822-2
EAN: 9781134568222
Produktnummer: 18412598
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 3'705 KB

Über den Autor

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.