| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 213 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Maya studies |
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Maya studies
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| Contents |
Making markets for Mesoamerican antiquities / Rosemary A. Joyce -- U.S. collaboration with Mesoamerican countries to protect cultural property / Allison R. Davis -- Corporatism, heritage, and museums: rigmarole in Central America, 1899-1950 / Christina Luke -- There and back again: looting, trafficking culture and the management of cultural heritage in Guatemala / Sofia Paredes Maury and Guido Krempel -- The odyssey of Piedras Negras Stela 5 / James A. Doyle -- "From a cave near Tehuacán": an attempt to reassemble post-classic Mesoamerican ritual deposits that were separated by the art market / Martin Berger -- Ancient Zapotec material culture and the antiquities market / Adam Sellen -- Forgery and the Pre-Columbian art market / Nancy L. Kelker -- The many lives of Maya antiquities: tracking distribution and redistribution through auction catalogues / Cara G. Tremain -- Failures and consequences of antiquities antitrafficking policy in Mesoamerica / Donna Yates |
| Summary |
This book will explore past, current, and future policies and trends concerning the sale of antiquities from Mesoamerica. Having outlined gaps in our knowledge, this book seeks to identify the substantive steps that the academic community can take toward affecting transparency, accountability, and ethical practice within the Pre-Columbian antiquities market |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Indian art -- Central America.
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Indian art -- South America.
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Indians of Central America -- Antiquities.
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Indians of South America -- Antiquities.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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Indian art
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Indians of Central America -- Antiquities
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Indians of South America -- Antiquities
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South America
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Central America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tremain, Cara G., editor
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Yates, Donna, editor
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Chase, Diane Z., writer of foreword
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Chase, Arlen F. (Arlen Frank), 1953- writer of foreword
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| ISBN |
9780813057200 |
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0813057205 |
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