This gem from Max Boot illustrates the scale of the nonsensical arguments used to get public support for the Iraq escapade of Bush, Blair and the others:
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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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- Universal Museums and a Changing Climate
- Who Did You Say You Bought That Antiquity From? Why?
- TEFAF Challenged, Will They Step up and Accept?
- DW Documentary: Fakes in the art world - The myste...
- FLO as the Last Resort
- The Leominster Haul Court Case
- Citizen Archaeology: 'Another Atlantis Found'
- Karma: Artefact Hunting in UK Caught up in Winds o...
- The Legacy of the Portable Antiquities Collecting Fad
- Naughty Treasure Finders
- The Archaeological Values of the PAS Database (V):...
- Men in court over Leominster Anglo-Saxon treasure ...
- The Archaeological Values of the PAS Database (IV)...
- The Polish Key, what's in a Name? (Archaeological ...
- British Archaeological Professionals on Archaeolog...
- Staffordshire Hoard Helmet Reconstruction, can we ...
- PAS Don't Discover a Mistake Pointed Out Online Fo...
- The Fruits of PAS 'Partnership'
- Auction House Cancels Controversial Rhino Horn Sale
- PAS Discover a Mistake - Look How They Deal With It
- Gobby Gossip and Dodgy Photos of Chariot Burial
- Moroccan Police Arrest six People Trafficking Hist...
- Switzerland Returns Artefacts to Egypt
- Dozens of Ancient Greek Shipwrecks Found Looted of...
- Looted Byzantine mosaic goes on display at Cyprus ...
- French museums have 90,000 African artefacts
- Durham University: Centre for the Ethics of Cultur...
- It's Basically Drain Cleaners an' My Girlfren's Pe...
- No Comment Needed
- PAS the Epitome of Isolationist Brexarchaeology
- Syrian Artefact Laundered by PAS Database?
- The Future for Baz Thugwit and his UK Mates?
- New Self-Recording Site for Metal Detectorists [UP...
- A Map that Seems to Show the PAS Fluff is Just That
- Even comic books laugh at Pseudo-archaeology
- The PASt is not Such a Foreign Country After All?
- Remember: Iraq 2003
- A Crystal Sphere Found 'Somewhere around Worcester...
- Verifying Atlantis Theories from Santa Barbara (I...
- Verifying Atlantis Theories from Santa Barbara (II...
- Dots on Maps: On Context (re: the PAS)
- Archaeology for Citizens, Colonialism and Ancient ...
- "I Can See What This Is!!!" [UPDATED]
- The PAS puts its Objectcentric Ideology Out There ...
- New Website Aims to Debunk Para-Archaeologies
- The PAS 'Would be Lost Without you Good Folk' [UPD...
- "Detectorists" Take over First Session of Charted ...
- Kristallnacht - Lest we Forget
- Yemeni Smugglers Nabbed
- Returns of Cultural Property to Thailand
- American Art Appropriations at End of World War Tw...
- This is What Archaeology is Ábout? PAS Archaeologi...
- What do Metal Detectorists use their Artefact Coll...
- Astonishing Antiquities at Hansons
- Permit-Regulated Artefact Hunting in Europe [UPDATED]
- Artefact Hunting in Luxembourg
- Another UK Treasure Hunter Snared
- Four Men in Court Over Tainted Artefact Charges
- Timeline Auctions Ancient Art, Antiquities & Coins...
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The popular You Tube personality "Miniminuteman" (Boston, Massachusetts-based Milo Rossi) came to my attention through the recent ... -
"We ask the question. Is Metal Detecting Ruining Archaeology?" ummm, yeah... duh. And it's not just the "nighthawks"...
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A chip on the shoulder: @graceygrumble 1 month ago (edited) Detectorists and 'amateur' historians have made incalculable contributi...
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An ancient site was damaged by artefact hunters who accidentally discovered an Etruscan cemetery on their land in Citta della Pieve, locat...
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The press service of the Ukrainian Security S... -
The UNESCO Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict has decided to grant provisional enhanced pr...
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Out of concern for public safety... The State Nuseum of GULAG History in Moscow , the only state museum in Russia de... -
A Mother Goddess figurine, dating back 9,000 years, discovered in the 1960s during excavat...
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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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