Illicit antiquities: the theft of culture and the extinction of archaeology

Contents

Greek vases for sale: some statistical evidence / Vinnie Nørskov -- Walking a fine line: promoting the past without selling it / Paula Lazrus -- The concept of cultural protection in times of armed conflict: from the crusades to the new millennium / Patrick J. Boylan -- Law and the underwater cultural heritage: a question of balancing interests / Sarah Dromgoole -- Negotiating the future of the underwater cultural heritage / Patrick J. O'Keefe -- Perceptions of marine artefact conservation and their relationship to destruction and theft / Amanda Sutherland -- Metal detecting in Britain: catastrophe or compromise? / Peter V. Addyman and Neil Brodie -- Britannia waives the rules? The licensing of archaeological material for export from the UK / Neil Brodie -- Mexico's archaeological heritage: a convergence and confrontation of interests / Enrique Nalda -- What's going on around the corner? Illegal trade of art and antiquities in Argentina / Daniel Schávelzon -- Looting graves/buying and selling artefacts: facing reality in the US / Hester A. David -- Reducing incentives for illicit trade in antiquities: the US implementation of the 1970 UNESCO Convention / Susan Keech McIntosh -- The rape of Mali's only resource / Térb́a Togola -- Dealing with the dealers and tomb robbers: the realities of the archaeology of the Ghor es-Safi in Jordan / Konstantinos D. Politis -- Plunder of cultural and art treasures-- the Indian experience / S.K. Pachauri -- Point, counterpoint / Kathryn Walker Tubb.