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Preventing Protection: On-the-ground barriers to effective cultural property policy in Bolivia & Belize

Posted on 9 September 2015

My presentation for the European Association of Archaeologists, Sep 2015.

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Failures and consequences of antiquities trafficking policy: rethinking ‘country-specific’ regulation

Posted on 19 December 2014

A taster abstract for one of the journal papers I have “in submission”.

Film Review

Dance of the Maize God: a beautiful film about the pillaging of the Maya past

Posted on 24 July 2014

Out of the looters trench and on to the computer in less than an hour: a film review from Belize.

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“This is my livelihood”: Maya Mountains cave story

Posted on 21 July 2014

This story comes from a Belizean hostel shareholder who lives along the Hummingbird Highway surrounded by cave-filled mountains.

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“They will be looking for it!”: Little boy’s story

Posted on 17 July 2014

After chatting to some kids about how fast ice melts and the proper way to not be eaten by bears or wolves, a little boy told me this story.

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“It’s sad because something beautiful was destroyed”: Bus stop story

Posted on 16 July 2014

I heard this while waiting for a bus on the Western Highway. I let two buses pass talking to this guy.

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What we’ve lost: 2 stories of the Maya Buenavista vase

Posted on 12 July 2014

In this post I will present two stories about one Maya vase: what we would have thought if the vase was looted and what we know because it wasn’t.

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Lost cities and looted tombs: Studying artifact smuggling in Belize

Posted on 11 July 2014

This year I am in the Central American jungle conducting fieldwork on artifact smuggling in Belize.

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Heading to Belize for preliminary fieldwork: a call for info

Posted on 30 June 2014

I’m heading to Belize to look into antiquities trafficking. Who who should I speak with?

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Belize: Anti-Looting posters!

Posted on 25 March 2013

High-five to the Belizean Institute of Archaeology.

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