Criminology and Archaeology
Studies in Looted Antiquities
- 194 pages
- English
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Criminology and Archaeology
Studies in Looted Antiquities
About this book
This collection is the product of a collaborative venture between criminologists and archaeologists concerned with the international market in illicit antiquities. It examines the state of regulation in the antiquities market, with a particular focus on the UK's position, but also with reference to the international context. Looting happens routinely and many countries have rich deposits of cultural material. Antiquities are highly collectable, and there are several prominent international centres for trade. As well as the legitimate face of the antiquities trade there therefore exists an international illicit market in which cultural objects are trafficked for profit in breach of national laws and international conventions. It is within such a complex international and local regulatory context that the essays presented here emerge, focusing upon three areas in particular: the demand for looted antiquities; the supply of cultural artefacts which originate in source countries; and regulation of the international market in antiquities. Criminology has long been interested in transnational crime and its regulation. Archaeologists' concerns lie in the destructive consequences of antiquities looting, which erases our knowledge of the past. In the papers presented here both disciplines present new data and analysis to forge a more coherent understanding of the nature and failings of the regulatory framework currently in place to combat the criminal market in antiquities.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Prelims
- Contents
- Author Biographies
- Introduction: A Context for the Engagement of Criminology and Archaeology
- Part I Criminology and the Market for Looted Antiquities
- 1 Whither Criminology in the Study of the Traffic in Illicit Antiquities?
- Part II Demand for Looted Antiquities
- 2 Antiquities, Forests, and Simmel’s Sociology of Value
- 3 Consensual Relations? Academic Involvement in the Illegal Trade in Ancient Manuscripts
- 4 Border Controls in Market Countries as Disincentives to Antiquities Looting at Source?
- Part III Supply of Looted Antiquities
- 5 The United Kingdom as a Source Country
- 6 Crime Goes Underground
- Part IV Regulation and the Market in Looted Antiquities
- 7 The Paradox of Regulation
- 8 Criminalising the Market in Illicit Antiquities
- Index