A blog commenting on various aspects of the private collecting and trade in archaeological artefacts today and their effect on the archaeological record.
Monday, 1 December 2014
Swiss National Council Approves a Motion to Prohibit Trade in Cultural Goods from Syria
Reportedly, the Swiss National Council has approved, (113 votes to 65) a motion to prohibit trade in cultural goods from Syria. This still has to pass senate.
Thanks, I was a bit cautious because I spotted - checking my facts (I am not a dealer) - that the voting 113/43 was coincidentally exactly the same as a UNESCO resolution a while back and I was wondering whether someone somewhere had got confuddled. Good.
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
3 comments:
http://www.swissinfo.ch/ita/tutte-le-notizie-in-breve/cn--verso-la-proibizione-del-commercio-di-beni-culturali-siriani/41145882
Official confirmation http://www.parlament.ch/ab/frameset/f/n/4916/451264/f_n_4916_451264_451393.htm
Thanks, I was a bit cautious because I spotted - checking my facts (I am not a dealer) - that the voting 113/43 was coincidentally exactly the same as a UNESCO resolution a while back and I was wondering whether someone somewhere had got confuddled. Good.
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