Looting, Collecting, and the Antiquities Market
Fact and fiction in the antiquities market. We look at looting, collecting,
and the market as components of an international economic system that
combines legal and illicit aspects. The nature of this system, and its
consequences, are discussed by archaeologists, collectors, and dealers.
VITELLI, chs. 2, 4, 6, 15.
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James Ede, "Ethics, the Antiquities Trade, and Archaeology," International Journal of Cultural Property 7 (1998): 128-131.