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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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- Palmyra Museum Loot Intercepted in Turkey?
- Turkey and the Syrian Opposition
- Heritage Vandalism not just in Syria
- What’s to be done about a Shrinking Passive PAS an...
- "Who owns art" turned into "Safe harbor" debate
- Museums, Dealers and Collectors Getting Hands on F...
- Friday Retrospect: What the Supporters of "Partner...
- Iraqi Smuggler caught
- Wick Hoard Mashup
- "Detectorists" Responsible detectorists caught "Ni...
- Edinburgh finds Photos, Coins though are Probably ...
- Artificial Fertiliser (1)
- Artificial fertiliser (2)
- The Artificial Fertiliser Experiment (3)
- English Artefact Hunting: And When PAS has Gone, W...
- The Silent Crisis of the UK
- Norfolk Petition, Not Enough Cats?
- Bulk Lots from Israel? Not a Good Idea Perhaps
- Conflict Archaeology Bibliography
- Two Rallies, Two Counties: Success and Failure
- Another Good Initiative from SAFE
- War, More Than ISIS, Is Destroying Syria's Ancient...
- "The world must find ways to intervene and protect...
- Save Lancashire's Heritage Petition.
- Nobody "Doubts", but Nobody has "Proven Anything" ...
- Old-Looking Objects Seized from Dealers in Iran
- Sam Hardy on Verona Museum Theft
- PAS Puff Booklet Available
- Kingscote Illegal Artefact Hunting: Update
- Trove of Antique Roman Coins Found in Swiss Orchar...
- Paris's plan to protect cultural treasures from te...
- Farmer Brown to speak at the Portable Antiquities ...
- Coin Fondling "Independents": Two examples
- Switzerland's Tough New Stance on Freeports Will S...
- Paris Talks on Illicit Antiquities
- 'Understanding' the Syrian Conflict...
- ISIL from the Inside
- Nok-o Haram and "Ethnographic art"
- The Explosion of Terrorism
- You-Ess-Eh! You-Ess-AY!
- Lack of Transparency in the International Art and ...
- 'Hollande proposes that Syrian antiquities be brou...
- What "Wasted Opportunity"? (1)
- What "Wasted Opportunity"? (2)
- What "Wasted Opportunity"? (3)
- Fixing No-Questions-Asked Market "Key step to stop...
- Borders Permeable to Illicit Antiquities CAN be Ex...
- British Landowners Contracting Treasure Hunting fo...
- Thelma, the "good artefact Hunter" and the PAS's A...
- "What's Wrong With Archaeology" According to a Col...
- “Daesh,” a word the Islamic State hates.
- Florida antiquities dealer pleads guilty to smuggl...
- Orlando Dealer, his Shop and 'Museum'
- The Tangled world of the PAS
- "They can't Touch you for it"
- Gill: RIGOROUS Due Diligence Matters
- Antiquity Collecting, UK Thuggish Louts and Their ...
- We Need the US to get a Grip on Transnational Mov...
- Portable Antiquities Scheme 'Loses" Detectorist Ka...
- Art Market 'the Ultimate Collapse Indicator'
- "Mission Accomplished"
- Off to Poznan Today
- Antiquities: Value and (the wrong kind of) Doubt
- Britain has to Buy Back Heritage
- US Re-elected to Executive Board of UNESCO
- Marlborough College Eduates a new Generation of Ar...
- Why Not? The Trowbridge Artefact Pocketers Play Games
- UK Metal Detectorist Does Something Useful
- The "Shut Yer Mouth" Arguments of Antiquities Coll...
- It goes on....
- Portant Issues about Portable Antiquity Pocketing
- Art Recovery Group on the Market for Syrian Blood ...
- Mitigating Context Loss in Metal Detected Finds
- Christos Tsirogiannis in Glasgow on Illicit Antiqu...
- Code of [Best] Practice or "Conduct' [shut the gat...
- Not collaborating with PAS, Knowledge theft?
- Aggressors and Facilitators in UK Metal Detecting
- F. S. Arrrrrrrrrrr!!
- The Eye in the Sky on the Antiquitie Trade
- What We Know About Daesh’s Antiquities Department
- ISIL Supports Metal Detecting
- Syrian Antiquities Chief Calls For Help From Inter...
- The "Rescue" Argument has 19th century origins
- The Fellowship of the Antiquitists
- Dependence in UK Metal Detecting
- "Conceptions of Localities of Antiquity in Islamic...
- Bumping The "Looting Question" Bibliography: Web a...
- Gang accused of looting churches to fund ISIS
- Legal Questions over the acquisitions by the Museu...
- Damiata Seizure - Antiquities on the way to Asian ...
- Derek Fincham Answers Lobbyist
- More UK Metal Detecting Myth
- UK Metal Detectorist's Credo
- Shut the Artifacts-for-Arms Market Doors
- "Learning About the Past" Through Artefact Collecting
- Snel Caught Working by Metal Detectorist
- UK Metal Detectorists Melt Artefacts
- UK Seizure of Libyan statue
- Russia's air force bombs ISIL base near ancient ci...
- The Fate of Waleed Assad
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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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