Friday, 11 June 2010
Belize's Looted Archaeological Treasures on Red List
The website www.7newsbelize.com has an article about 'Looted Archaeological Treasures on Red List' with an interview with Dr. Jaime Awe, the Director of the Belizean Institute of Archaeology about the local looting and the efforts of foreigners to ship material out of the country. In one case the local customs officers opened a package which a guy was trying to mail to his own address abroad (the country is not explicitly stated, but I think we can all guess what the most likely destination was) and with archaeological help took out the genuine artefacts but let the fakes reach their destination. So buying stuff from dealers who use supply methods like these you never really know what you are buying.
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wanker
I take it name-calling and secretive "Jaymee" (profile unavailable of course) is a dealer.
And to judge by her previous comment here, she's a really articulate lady.
http://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2010/05/accg-and-washington-state-artefact.html?showComment=1274206589820#c6552801808439297114
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