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Titolo: | Illicit antiquities : the theft of culture and the extinction of archaeology / / edited by Neil Brodie and Kathryn Walker Tubb |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xii, 308 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 363.6/9 |
Soggetto topico: | Antiquities - Collection and preservation |
Antiquities - Collection and preservation - Moral and ethical aspects | |
Historic sites - Conservation and restoration | |
Historic sites - Conservation and restoration - Moral and ethical aspects | |
Cultural property - Protection | |
Cultural property - Protection (International law) | |
Archaeological thefts | |
Altri autori: | BrodieNeil TubbKathryn Walker |
Note generali: | Papers given at a session of the WAC-4 held in Cape Town, South Africa. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | chapter Introduction / Neil Brodie -- chapter 1 Greek vases for sale: some statistical evidence / Vinnie Nørskov -- chapter 2 Walking a ne line: promoting the past without selling it / Paula Lazrus -- chapter 3 The concept of cultural protection in times of armed con?ict: from the crusades to the new millennium / Patrick J. Boylan -- chapter 4 Law and the underwater cultural heritage: a question of balancing interests / Sarah Dromgoole -- chapter 5 Negotiating the future of the underwater cultural heritage / Patrick J. O'Keefe -- chapter 6 Perceptions of marine artefact conservation and their relationship to destruction and theft / Amanda Sutherland -- chapter 7 Metal detecting in Britain: catastrophe or compromise? -- PETER V. ADDYMAN / Peter V. Addyman -- chapter 8 Britannia waives the rules? The licensing of archaeological material for export from the UK / Neil Brodie -- chapter 9 Mexico's archaeological heritage: a convergence and confrontation of interests / Enrique Nalda -- chapter 10 What's going on around the corner? Illegal trade of art and antiquities in Argentina / Daniel Schávelzon -- chapter 11 Looting graves/buying and selling artefacts: facing reality in the US / Hester A. Davis -- chapter 12 Reducing incentives for illicit trade in antiquities: the US implementation of the 1970 UNESCO Convention / Susan Keech McIntosh -- chapter 13 The rape of Mali's only resource / Téréba Togola -- chapter 14 Dealing with the dealers and tomb robbers: the realities of the archaeology of the Ghor es-Sa? in Jordan / Konstantinos D. Politis -- chapter 15 Plunder of cultural and art treasures the Indian experience / S.K. Pachauri -- chapter 16 Point, counterpoint / Kathryn Walker Tubb. |
Sommario/riassunto: | This volume highlights the deleterious effects of the trade in cultural heritage, but in particular it focuses upon questions of legal and local responses to the exploitation of archaeological sites for commercial gain. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Illicit antiquities |
ISBN: | 1-134-56822-3 |
1-134-56823-1 | |
0-415-23388-7 | |
1-280-02138-1 | |
0-203-16546-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910823348703321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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