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A blog commenting on various aspects of the private collecting and trade in archaeological artefacts today and their effect on the archaeological record.
About Me
- Paul Barford
- British archaeologist living and working in Warsaw, Poland. Since the early 1990s (or even longer) a primary interest has been research on artefact hunting and collecting and the market in portable antiquities in the international context and their effect on the archaeological record.
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- Roman coins ignored, only discovered by PAS? More ...
- Antiquitist Quiz
- Sayles on What is a "Draconian" Law
- US Artefact Collecting Code of Conduct
- Grand Junction Antiquity Dealer Charged
- Professional Numismatists Group also Finances the ...
- "Anti-collectors" a Disgrace!
- Heaps of Ancient Coin Collectors
- Viktor Bout and the Antiquities Trade
- "Collectors Rights" according to the ACCG
- Ethics Laws and Looting: Reply to Dave Welsh, Yaho...
- Utah Crackdown Puts Artefact Dealers on Edge
- Another collection seized in the aftermath of "Act...
- Metal-detector Archaeological Partnerships at Binc...
- "Search and you shall find"
- Guns at a presidential event and collectors' rights
- Metal Detecting exams advocated by collectors' rig...
- "Succinctly contrasts", but Mr Giedroyc gets it te...
- The Minister and le malaise anglais
- Coin "zapping" in the numismatic literature
- Ironbridge Senior Archaeologist Speaks out
- eBay deal concerning Scotland's archaeological her...
- Raided Lost Art[chaeology], in the Market or Not?
- Tin cans as portable antiquities
- Metal Detector user arrested in Palestine
- More arrests are likely in US artefact-looting case
- Digging the Dirt on the Looting in Blanding
- Collectors caught between the Police and the thieves
- New blog
- Portable Antiquities Reporting Scheme for Israel
- Asian "art collector" apprehended
- American investigators' Brasso unexplained
- Cultural Property Research Institute to “Link Peop...
- "Orphan objects"
- Germany: turning a blind eye to 'Antikenhehlerei'?
- Old wine in new skins: the "Cultural Policy Resear...
- But meanwhile, where oh where has Mr. Barford gone?
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A Revised Artefact Erosion Counter for Artefact Hunting in England and Wales (2018)
I started this counter at midnight of 15th July 2018. Revised Artefact Erosion Counter for Artefact Hunting.
Related sites
- David Gill - Looting matters
- ECHO Egyptian Cultural Heritage Orgnization
- Elginism
- Erik Nemeth et al. Art World Intelligence
- Ethical Antiquities Collecting: Ancient Heritage
- Global Heritage Fund
- Halte au pillage du Patrimoine Archéologique et Historique
- Heritage Action
- Heritage Key
- Heritage Watch
- Illicit Cultural Property
- It Surfaced Down Under!
- Lawyers Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation
- Loot blog (Nora Mattern)
- Looting History
- Michael McCullough LLC Blog
- Museum Security Network (Google)
- Nathan Elkins - Numismatics and Archaeology
- Nord on Art
- Pieces of the Past: Ethical Antiquities Collecting
- Protecting China's Archaeological Heritage
- René Teijgeler - Culture in Development
- Research into Crimes against Art Association
- Ricardo A. St. Hilaire - Cultural Heritage Lawyer
- SAFE - Saving Antiquities For EVERYONE
- SAFECorner
- Sam Hardy 'Conflict Antiqiuties'
- Stanford Archaeology Center, Cultural Heritage Resource
- Stanford Cultural Heritage Resource - Chronicle
- The Chasing Aphrodite Blog
- The Cultural Property & Archaeology Law Blog
- The heritage Journal (Heritage Action's blog)
- The Punching Bag Larry Rothfield
- Things You Can't Take Back
- Trafficking Culture (Glasgow)
- Tumblr - Cultural Security
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Further Information
- AAMD (Association of Art Museum Directors)
- CBA (UK) - current issues: Portable Antiquities
- Code of Practice for "Responsible Metal Detecting" in England and Wales
- Cultural Heritage Lawyer - Ricardo St. Hilaire
- Cultural Security
- European Heritage Network (HEREIN)
- Fighting the Illicit Traffic of Cultural Property (ICOM)
- IFAR International Foundation for Art Research
- Illicit Antiquities Research Centre (UK) - now sadly closed
- International Cultural Property Protection (US Dept of State)
- Interpol - stolen art works
- Legal Protection of Cultural Property: A Selective Resource Guide
- Museum Security Network
- Portable Antiquities Scheme (UK)
- The "Looting Question" Bibliography
- Treasure Trove Unit (UK - Scotland)
- UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database
- UNESCO Website
- UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects
Apologists and Propagandists of the Current Form of the No-Questions-Asked Antiquities Trade etc.
- 2015 Petition: "Für den Erhalt des privaten Sammelns [sic]"
- Public Submissions on Notice of Receipt by the US State Department of Cultural Property Request From the Government of EGYPT (Docket DOS-2014-0008)
- Cultural Property Observer (Peter Tompa - lawyer)
- Moneta-L (coiney discussion list, mostly US and ancients- biased)
- Unidroit-L (rather moribund 'discussion' group)
- Yahoo Ancient Artifacts discussion group
- Uncleanedcoin Chat List
- The Ancient Art Market (blog, some "art consultant")
- Ancient Coin Coillectors' Guild (US lobby group)
- Ancient Coins & Cultural Heritage (blog, De La Fe - US coin dealer)
- Ancient Coins (Dave Welsh - US part-time coin dealer)
- Ancient Coin Collecting (Wayne Sayles - US coin dealer)
- Ancient & World Coin Geek (blog, US coin dealer)
- Ancient Coin Trade (Jorg Lueke - US coin collector)
- Public Submissions on Notice of Receipt by the US State Department of Cultural Property Request From the Government of GREECE (Docket DOS-2010-0339)
- Past Times and Present tensions (John Hooker)
False "Barford" Blogs, Not Actually by Paul Barford
Abbreviations used in this blog
- "coiney" - a term I use for private collector of dug up ancient coins, particularly a member of the Moneta-L forum or the ACCG
- "heap-of-artefacts-on-a-table-collecting" the term rather speaks for itself, an accumulation of loose artefacts with no attempt to link each item with documented origins. Most often used to refer to metal detectorists (ice-cream tubs-full) and ancient coin collectors (Roman coins sold in aggregated bulk lots)
- "tekkie" - metal detectorist/metal detecting (a form of artefact hunting)
- ACCG - Ancient Coin Collectors' (sic) Guild
- CBA - Council for British Archaeology [UK]
- CCPIA (CPIA) - (Convention on) Cultural Property Implementation Act [US legislation]
- CDE - Collection-Driven Exploitation of archaeological sites
- CPAC - Cultural Property Advisory Committee [US]
- FLO - Finds Liaison Officer (post in the PAS)
- HER - Historic Environment Record [UK]
- IAPN - International Association of Professional Numismatists
- MENA - Middle East and North Africa
- PAS - Portable Antiquities Scheme
- PNG - Professional Numismatists' Guild
- UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- UNESCO 1970 Convention - Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
2 comments:
Dear Paul,
I have personal favourable experience of the "Israel policy" through Cyprus, where I was born and where I inherited a nice collection of ancient art. A few years ago Cyprus declared an "amnesty" and simultaneous registration of all antiquities in private hands. The Cyprus example worked well - all antiquities in private hands were legitimized by the state whilst at the same time providing the state archaeologists with details of all ancient art in private hands. It also means that illegally excavated antiquities can no longer legitimately appear in private collections in the future as they would not possess a registration. Everybody wins - the state archaeologist can then ask permission to study specific antiquities in private collections - a request rarely declined by the collector, who knows that in so doing he is not risking the loss or confiscation of the object. For example my late father had a beautiful decorated picrolite bronze age bowl in his collection which will be the subject of academic study. I was also encouraged to give permission to students to visit and study some of the objects - I see no problem with this.
A similar policy is required in the UK, but sadly I fear that some academics may be too narrow minded to allow an amnesty, even if this means many important artifacts coming to light...
I am interested on your views on this subject.
Regards,
eftis.blogspot.com
This really should have gone under the previous post:
http://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2009/08/portable-antiquities-reporting-scheme.html
A similar policy is required in the UK, but sadly I fear that some academics may be too narrow minded to allow an amnesty, even if this means many important artifacts coming to light...
I find that a very odd statement. There is indeed a scheme for recording archaeological material held in private collections in the UK, it is called the Portable Antiquities Scheme and I am sure you will find that your local Finds Liaison Officer (Elizabeth Gill if I am not mistaken) is anything but “narrow minded”.
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