This has been a rough week for the past, one in a long line of rough weeks.
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Cultural guardian confronts the looters, a profile of… me
Posted on 15 January 2015
*Blush*/*Shameless self promotion*
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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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Hollywood’s ancient Maya: illegal movie footage as trafficked cultural property?
Posted on 13 July 2014
Illegal filming at Mexican archaeological sites carries stiff penalties, as some filmmakers may soon find out.
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Was the ancient Maya tomb of Copán’s first queen looted “to order”?
Posted on 21 June 2014
The looting of a spectacular Maya tomb only months after it appeared in National Geographic.
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Trafficking Culture in National Geographic
Posted on 14 June 2014
New Evidence Ties Illegal Antiquities Trade to Terrorism, Violent Crime, an article on the National Geographic
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“LA Times OpEd Distorts Both Archaeology and the Law”
Posted on 7 April 2014
This post is by my colleague Tess Davis who generously allowed me to repost it here.
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On BBC Radio Scotland talking about antiquities trafficking
Posted on 5 April 2014
Looting in India and the difficulties involved in prosecuting this type of crime.
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What archaeologists can (but usually don’t) do to help reduce the illicit trade in cultural objects
Posted on 10 February 2014
Thoughts on professional inaction
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Does the Illicit Antiquities Trade Fund al-Qaida?
Posted on 2 November 2013
Spoiler. I have seen NO public evidence that links the illicit antiquities trade directly to al-Qaida. Sorry. Please contact me with evidence if you have it.
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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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[Antiquities] Trafficking Gangs Operate in Bolivia (in English)
Posted on 8 November 2012
Second installment of my translations of a feature the La Razón published on cultural property crime in Bolivia