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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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Blog Archive
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- Clearstory Statement on "Nazi War Diggers"
- "New York private collection" is no legitimating c...
- Speak Up Peter
- Dealer Swope Puts the World to Rights
- US Department of State Engage in, or Caught out by...
- "Stolen antiquities on the Daily Show"
- New clay tablet adds 20 lines to Epic of Gilgamesh
- Disrupt Antiquities Trade and get a US Cash Reward
- More Becchina material Surfaces in Christie's
- 'Is looting-to-order of cultural property“just a m...
- PAS sees another 'milestone'
- UK Metal Detectorist Targets Known Site: Finds Tre...
- On Trial for Destruction of Historical Monuments
- Lex Dura, Sed Lex
- Looted Mexican Carving Found in France
- PAS Moved Out of Offices
- New BM Director Appointed
- Stolen wooden statuette to be repatriated to Egypt...
- That was Quick
- Yemen - Unhappy Arabia
- Zimbabwe gets Tough with Illicit Antiquities Trade
- Cambridge academic jailed for stealing £238k in lo...
- Christie's and marbled Warm-and-Fuzzies
- Syrian War Enters new Phase
- Getty Gets to Keep Detached Zeyt’un Gospel Pages
- Theft from Archaeological Museum in Colombia
- Stolen artefacts from IS-controlled zones surface ...
- UK Detectorists "Dedication" Laid Bare for All to See
- The Dirty Business of Antiquity
- Egypt Cabinet Reshuffle
- Deep Digger Dan Threatens to Close the PACHI Blog...
- Sam Hardy on Syrian Conflict Antiquities
- Palmyra object of new offensive?
- ISIS, Heritage, and the Spectacles of Destruction ...
- Current Situation in Syria
- Trafficking Culture Society Student Seminar Series
- Russia summons Polish ambassador over Soviet statue
- The Return of "Nazi War Diggers" as "Poszukiwacze ...
- Scottish Museum "Communications" (sic) Office Dodg...
- Coiney Annoys Scots
- Jeepers ! A Later Draft of the German Law Differs ...
- “Your Art Dealer is Not Your Friend”: Due Diligenc...
- Dullard Automaton Philistines Too Quick off the Mark
- Leutwitz Apollo and the Solder Marks
- Bogdanos on The International Antiquities Market a...
- The Colonel: "Kill the Bastards!"
- Ask No Questions - get Stolen goods
- Lieutenant Milad Forced to Watch as Ancient Palmyr...
- Skeleton with Shield Boss Found in Ploughsoil in f...
- FLO encourages Hoard Hoik in East Yorkshire
- Amateur Collector loses Artefacts
- More Background on Abu-Sayyaf Raid
- ARCA Summarizes "Gold Train" Developments
- Antiquity Collectors: Ranting, Yes - Responsibilit...
- An Archaeology of Care
- "Wuz" has a Head from Yemen - How?
- Intelligence Reports Turned by US Government into ...
- Stop the Yemen War Too
- The "Science" of fakes?
- Executive Director of the Antiquities Coalition
- 'Following the trail of Syria's looted history'
- High-Resolution Map of Control in Syria.
- QE II regnat
- Alarmist headlines Heralding Growing Chaos in Turkey
- Kris "deals with" Illegal Artefact Hunting
- Nazi Gold Train Finders Thrown Out of Metal Detect...
- The Museums that Tried to Appropriate India's Past
- The Antiquities Trade in Motivational Quotes (3)
- "The darkest, shadiest corner of the art market"
- Sekhemka Heading for Qatar?
- Detectorists Row Over Iron Age Coins Find
- Canada returns seized Phoenician artifact to Lebanon
- Syria Today
- Go on, Have a go, You Know You'll Like it
- NPR asks Cuno to Tell us (again) about his "Refuge...
- Playing Archaeologists
- Responsible antiquities buying in FT
- Green Collection Objects "Yet to find a questionab...
- Pseudoarchaeology in Forbes
- Gigantic Whopper Propagated by Two UK Policemen an...
- The Rubble of Palmyra, America and The Russians
- Artefact Hunter Jailed for False Reports
- Palmyra's Tower Tombs Destroyed
- Syrian Refugees
- Heritage Financing Conflict
- ANS Open Access Numismatic Research
- Another Public Donation to the PAS Fund
- ICOM statement concerning the protection of cultur...
- Illicit Antiquities Spidergram
- The Good Market Myth
- Syria Today
- "As Advertised"
- American Dealers and the Cultural Property of Wazi...
- Pearlstein Talks the Talk
- Military Supplies Leaving Turkey for ISIL Land
- Global Internet Usage Based on Time of Day
- Swiss Return Ancient Octadrachm Coin to Greece
- More than 3,000 artefacts seized in Istanbul raid
- Birmingham Quran manuscript
- Ancient Greek relic looted from Libya to be returned
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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
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