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Antiquities Trafficking and Art Crime: I’m developing a free online course!

Posted on 22 August 2015

This is really quite exciting!

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Archaeological Institute of America St. Louis Society selling Meosamerican antiquities at auction

Posted on 27 October 2014

Does the sale of ‘clean’ antiquities encourage the black market? Ethical questions.

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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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“Cursed” stela pulled from London auction over looting concerns

Posted on 3 April 2014

Bonham’s offers a stela owned by an Anonymous Swiss Collector, withdraws piece due to looting allegations.

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Two pots, two stories: vignette on the looting of Guatemala’s Maya past

Posted on 1 April 2014

How does an ancient Maya vase end up in a UK museum?

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Wrongs and rights at the National Gallery of Australia

Posted on 8 March 2014

Positive international partnership brings Peruvian gold and praise; absurd denial of wrong-doing in stolen idol case brings resounding criticism.

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Conclusions: South American antiquities auctions and my academic past

Posted on 6 September 2013

My masters conclusion

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The collection’s issues: Sotheby’s Paris Barbier-Mueller sale 2

Posted on 4 March 2013

In this post I want to talk a little bit about the (very) little that I know about the Barbier-Mueller collection.

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Sad comments by Cleveland Museum curator: A looted Wari pouch ‘symbolizes the entire exhibition’

Posted on 6 November 2012

Remember that unprovenienced and underprovenanced Wari hide pouch

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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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Provenance Pitfalls, Lost Jewels, and Glasgow Airport

Posted on 20 June 2012

Various news outlets, including the Independent, are reporting that the Duchess of Argyll  lost about 100,000 pounds worth of jewelry

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