Illicit Antiquities: The Theft of Culture and the Extinction of Archaeology (One World Archaeology)

by Neil Brodie

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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, but in...Read more
  • ISBN10 0415510775
  • ISBN13 9780415510776
  • Publish Date 29 November 2011 (first published 1 January 2001)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 320
  • Language English