tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post1483638439553164469..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: More "strange" suggestions from Washington concerning the Sisto casePaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-72754479774542404602009-06-12T02:01:10.187-07:002009-06-12T02:01:10.187-07:00All very odd indeed. T
he dismissal of everythin...All very odd indeed. T<br /><br />he dismissal of everything as "junk" also betrays the "expert's" misunderstanding of the issues. The importance of an object for the understanding of the ancient world does not lay in the object itself, but often in that object's relationship with other objects: archaeological context. This is what looting, promptedby indiscriminate demand, destroys. There is no comprehension of archaeology or historical sciences represented in these arguments.<br /><br />He/she also glosses over the fact that several of the objects were documented as stolen from Italian collections. <br /><br />An odd case of defending the indefensible.Nathan Elkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13060145336179440359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-17265011494854536342009-06-12T00:16:31.217-07:002009-06-12T00:16:31.217-07:00At about 2.00 am one dark night back in about 1955...At about 2.00 am one dark night back in about 1955 my father caught our neighbour, Charlie Fields, wheeling our coal away in our wheelbarrow. <br /><br />Charlie was momentarily at a loss for words but then he hissed "You've never been any good Bob Preen, you or your father before you" and off he trundled.....<br /><br />Mr Tompa and his associates often put me in mind of that incident.Marcus Preenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603874627751387853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-7694435704487234792009-06-11T23:35:49.115-07:002009-06-11T23:35:49.115-07:00Or "she" of course...Or "she" of course...Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-51040623223507233612009-06-11T23:35:29.521-07:002009-06-11T23:35:29.521-07:00Who knows David? Mr Tompa is very coy about saying...Who knows David? Mr Tompa is very coy about saying who his friend is. He seems mostly interested in the manuscripts and books which might give a clue...Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-16635959853686723352009-06-11T23:23:15.818-07:002009-06-11T23:23:15.818-07:00Could the "expert" have an interest in a...Could the "expert" have an interest in archaeological material from the Americas? Does this "expert" understand the archaeology of Italy? What is the expertise of this individual?David Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164794689385933318noreply@blogger.com