Hot this week: Treasure galleons and the controversial law of the sea.
Kidnapped culture: a visit to New Zealand’s looted, smuggled, returned Motunui Panels
Posted on 20 December 2015
Pondering the past with returned antiquities in cultural context.
Antiquities Tax Fraud and Illicit Cultural Property in Latin America: 2 new papers
Posted on 19 December 2015
A whole book (that I have a chapter in) and my new article about antiquities donation tax fraud free online.
Culture crime news 7–13 December 2015
Posted on 14 December 2015
Hot this week: Ukraine, militants, stolen art
Faking Ancient Mesoamerica by Nancy L. Kelker and Karen O. Bruhns
Posted on 14 December 2015
This book will ruin you. You MUST read it.
Wanted: Antiquities Trafficking Intern
Posted on 13 December 2015
(must be a University of Glasgow Social Science PhD student…)
Opportunities: 10 December 2015
Posted on 10 December 2015
Learning, networking, conference and employment opportunities
Fake Mexican Antiquities by Leopoldo Batres (1910, PDF)
Posted on 9 December 2015
An early book on Mesoamerican artefact forgery for you to enjoy.
Three Recent Presentations on Antiquities Trafficking (Slides)
Posted on 7 December 2015
Visuals from some of the public lectures I gave in November.
Culture crime news 30 November–6 December 2015
Posted on 7 December 2015
Hot this week: Outrage over Jain idol theft and remarkable recovery!
Disappearing Ink by Travis McDade
Posted on 6 December 2015
Years of library and archive theft go unnoticed at a University; despair for our print collections.
Opportunities: 3 December 2015
Posted on 2 December 2015
Learning, networking, conference and employment opportunities