This volume aims to present the arguments concerning the trade in antiquities from all sides, airing the conflicts which exist between archaeologists, conservators, dealers and collectors. It also provides information on many of the legal aspects involved.
Personal Profiles
Preface
Kathryn Walker Tubb
Introduction
Professor Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn
Legal Issues
Recovering Stolen Art
Norman Palmer
The Aims of the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property and Action Being
Taken by UNESCO to Assist in its Implementation
Etienne Clement
National and International Laws on the Protection of Cultural Heritage
Lyndel V. Prott
Conservators and Actions for Recovery of Stolen or Unlawfully Exported Cultural Property
Patrick J. O'Keefe
United States Efforts to Protect Cultural Property: implementation of the 1970 UNESCO Convention
Maria Papageorge Kouroupas
Illicit Trafficking in Antiquities and Museum Ethics
Patrick J. Boylan
Case Histories
The Kanakaria Mosaics and the United States law on the Restitution of Stolen and Illegally Exported Cultural Property
Patty Gerstenblith
The Kanakaria Mosaics of Cyprus: the conservators' view
Catherine Sease and Danae Thimme
Cycladic Figurines: art versus archaelogy?
Christopher Chippindale and David Gill
Bad Laws are Made to be Broken
Geraldine Norman
A Layman's Attemts to Precipitate Change in Domestic and International 'Heritage' Laws
John Browning
The Saga of the Lydian Hoard Antiquities: from Usak to New York and back and some related observations on the law of cultural repatriation
Lawrence M. Kaye and Carla T. Main
The Situation in the UK
Treasure Trove, Treasure Hunting and the Quest for a Portable Antiquities Act
Peter Addyman
Treasure Trove: new approaches to antiquities legislation
Lady Rosamond Hanworth
The Lure of Loot: an example or two
Harvey Sheldon
The Antiquities Trade: a curator's view
Brian Cook
Scotland's Portable Antiquities Legislation what is it and how well does it work?
Alison Sheridan
United Kingdom Export Policies in Relation to Antiquities
Carolyn R. Morrison
The Way Ahead
The Antiquities Trade: towards a more balanced view
James Ede
Ethics and the Antiquity Trade
Jerome Eisenberg
The Antiquities Trade: A Police Perspective
Richard Ellis
The Arts and Antiques Squad
John Butler
Thesaurus and the Tracing of Cultural Property
Peter Cannon-Brookes
Protecting Ireland's Archaeological Heritage
Eamonn P. Kelly
Conservators and Unprovenanced Objects: preserving the cultural heritage or servicing the antiquities trade?
Ricardo Elia
The Antiquities Trade: an archaeological conservator's perspective
Kathryn Walker Tubb
The major achievement of this book for the conservation world is that it calls attention to the responsibilities of the conservator and the consequences he or she may face when treating artefacts and antiquities of unknown or suspicious provenance.
Studies in Conservation 42(3) (1997) 190-191
It provides the most comprehensive reference for conservators who work with antiquities and is essential reading for all involved in any aspect of heritage issues, whether in a private, trade, educational, governmental, legal or museum capacity.
Conservation News 60 (July 1996) 34
The book’s great strength is that it reflects a multiplicity of views. I recommend it strongly for anyone concerned with the dubious ethics of the antiquities market, and that should include all dealers and collectors.
The Art Newspaper 63 (October 1996) 34
It is an excellently edited and detailed record of the dilemmas connected with the antiquities trade and recognition of the need for debate.
Antiquity 70(269) (September 1996) 709-711
