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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”.

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Researching the global trade in looted cultural objects (slides with audio)

Posted on 6 August 2014

I am (slowly) adding audio to all of my online presentations and here is the first.

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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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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Maya artefacts and Mexican bandits: trafficking tall tales

Posted on 1 July 2014

A most unbelievable story of a looted (or fake) Maya book and mask.

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World’s largest pyramid threatened by road construction

Posted on 11 March 2014

A storm is brewing in the Mexican state of Puebla.

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Intact Mexican shaft tomb found, guarded by shaman figurine

Posted on 6 March 2014

A rare, intact western Mexican shaft tomb has been found by archaeologists

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Antiquities dealer Leonardo Patterson arrested in Spain

Posted on 12 April 2013

Antiquities dealer, smuggler, and twice (at least) convicted felon Leonardo Patterson has been arrested in Spain

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So they sold that Barbier-Mueller stuff over the weekend

Posted on 25 March 2013

Sotheby’s finished up their Barbier-Mueller sale of pre-Columbian antiquities and it went, roughly, as expected.

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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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Ad implications: Helping us all get through customs

Posted on 21 December 2011

For the past few months I have been meaning to write about an ad that was featured in the Economist.

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