AIA on Helping to Preserve Archaeology in Belize and Bulgaria

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The Archaeological Institute of America is committed to preserving the world's archaeological resources and cultural heritage for the benefit of people in the present and in the future. As part of its Site Preservation Program it supports the requests by Belize and Bulgaria to help curb the trade in smuggled artefacts from those countries. Both countries have now asked for the USA to pay closer attention to the paperwork of imported artefacts from those countries than hitherto - despite being states parties of the 1970 UNESCO Convention. The material presented by the AIA in support of their position on these requests can be found here:

Preserving Archaeology in Belize and Bulgaria: Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) to Consider New Bilateral Agreements to Protect Belizean and Bulgarian Archaeological Heritage

It is short and to the point. Although (unlike the coiney appeal does not contain "what to say" bits to cut-and-paste) I think it is worth giving this campaign some support just to show that not all are on the side of the cultural philistines who don't give a hoot about the smuggling of archaeological material and ethnographic objects from Belize and Bulgaria (although I will be concentrating on Bulgaria, because "somebody else" will, let's not forget Belize either).

Sadly the AIA forgot to put a clearly visible link on their webpage showing where people who wish to submit a comment can go, which is a bit dozy of them. So here they are:

Link for Comments on Belize MOU.

Link for Comments on Bulgaria MOU.