Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues

A blog commenting on various aspects of the private collecting and trade in archaeological artefacts today and their effect on the archaeological record.

Wednesday, 3 December 2025

Despite the Antiquities Trade being State-Controlled

Chris Stringer (@ChrisStringer65) on Twitter Dec 2, 2025 Astonishing collection of >4000 Neolithic artefacts that artist Ai WeiWei collected from street markets in China (@DesignMuseum 2023).

hat tip: Reid Farmer (TR_Farmer_archaeology)

Paul Barford at 03:12

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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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