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Relics for Sale at Tiwanaku [Bolivia, from La Razón]

Posted on 5 November 2012

My own (horribly flawed, terrible, I am sure) translation

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Maya Murals, Mercury, and Risk

Posted on 30 October 2012

It seems like Maya tomb news is coming hot and heavy these past few weeks.

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Images of historic looting

Posted on 26 October 2012

Emotional images of the looting of a Maya temple.

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A new/old colleague: Trafficking Culture gets Cambodia’d

Posted on 14 October 2012

The Trafficking Culture project have hired Tess Davis

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Replica Monuments and Warrior Queens in Guatemala

Posted on 13 October 2012

I was delighted to hear that David Friedel, Juan Carlos Pérez, and their team have discovered a tomb at El Perú-Waka’

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Guatemala: Masks, Church Stuff, and a False Divide

Posted on 2 October 2012

Guatemala has been the site of many of my most vivid dreams and imaginings.

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Valdivia Figurines and the appeal of ‘the oldest’

Posted on 19 September 2012

The logo for the Ecuadorian Ministry of Culture website is about my favourite thing

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Introducing the Trafficking Culture Website

Posted on 22 August 2012

Finally, finally I get to show you folks the website for the University of Glasgow’s Trafficking Culture project!

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More on pouches, pots, and my skewed perceptions

Posted on 18 August 2012

Thinking more about yesterday’s Wari pouch post

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Other antiquities on the Cleveland Museum website!

Posted on 17 August 2012

Lately the interwebs have been abuzz with news of the Cleveland Museum acquiring a Roman portrait head and a Maya pot

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Who is googling? Evangelize or let it rest?

Posted on 7 July 2012

>For the past few days a lot of my brain juice has been focused on the website for Trafficking Culture project

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“I am the old looter and I’ve come to loot pottery”

Posted on 4 July 2012

Last night I was working on a short definition of the term “huaquero”.

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