A blog commenting on various aspects of the private collecting and trade in archaeological artefacts today and their effect on the archaeological record.
Sunday, 8 December 2013
A message from the campaign Say Yes to Egypt’s heritage, our heritage
A message from the campaign
Say Yes to Egypt’s heritage, our heritage
Monica Hanna is to receive 2014 SAFE Beacon Award
"Indefatigable Egyptian archaeologist Monica Hanna has been single-handedly exposing an incredible amount of looting in Egypt, even going so far as to confront some of the armed looters herself." Read more here Congratulations, well deserved.
i saw a c4 unreported world program with monica hanna showing what she is up against.she is a true archaeological hero and deserves every award going. kyri.
It puts our British archaeological friends to shame, Monica faces armed artefact hunters, most British archaeologists would not say boo to a metal detectorist.
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.
"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)
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:
i saw a c4 unreported world program with monica hanna showing what she is up against.she is a true archaeological hero and deserves every award going.
kyri.
Yes, I agree.
It puts our British archaeological friends to shame, Monica faces armed artefact hunters, most British archaeologists would not say boo to a metal detectorist.
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