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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Criminology and Archaeology: Studies in Looted Antiquities by Edited by Simon Mackenzie Edited by Penny Green Contributions by Kenneth Polk Contributions by Tony Ward Contributions by Neil Brodie Contributions by Gordon Lobay Contributions by Roger Bland
This collection is the product of a collaborative venture between criminologists and archaeologists concerned with the international market in illicit antiquities. It examines the state of regulation in the antiquities market with a particular focus on the UKs position but also with reference to the international context. Looting happens routinely and many countries have rich deposits of cultural material. Antiquities are highly collectable and there are several prominent international centres for trade. As well as the legitimate face of the antiquities trade there therefore exists an international illicit market in which cultural objects are trafficked for profit in breach of national laws and international conventions. It is within such a complex international and local regulatory context that the essays presented here emerge focusing upon three areas in particular: the demand for looted antiquities; the supply of cultural artefacts which originate in source countries; and regulation of the international market in antiquities. Criminology has long been interested in transnational crime and its regulation.Archaeologists concerns lie in the destructive consequences of antiquities looting which erases our knowledge of the past. In the papers presented here both disciplines present new data and analysis to forge a more coherent understanding of the nature and failings of the regulatory framework currently in place to combat the criminal market in antiquities.show more