The ethics of collecting cultural property : whose culture? whose property? / edited by Phyllis Mauch Messenger ; foreword by Brian Fagan.

"The Ethics of Collecting Cultural Property explores the ethical, legal, and intellectual issues related to excavating, selling, collecting, and owning cultural artifacts. Twenty-two contributors, representing archaeology, law, museum administration, art history, and philosophy, suggest how the...

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Other Authors: Messenger, Phyllis Mauch, 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1999.
Edition:Second edition, updated and enlarged.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Perspectives of the "victims" : case studies
  • A philosophical perspective on the ethics and resolution of cultural property issues / Karen J. Warren
  • Ancestral sites, shrines, and graves : Native American perspectives on the ethics of collecting cultural properties / Deborah L. Nichols, Anthony L. Klesert, Roger Anyon
  • Profiteers and public archaeology : antiquities trafficking in Arkansas / Ann M. Early
  • The battle for the Maya past : the effects of international looting and collecting in Belize / David M. Pendergast and Elizabeth Graham
  • Considering the perspective of the victim : the antiquities of Nepal / David Sassoon
  • The murals of Teotihaucán : a case study of negotiated restitution / Thomas K. Selignam
  • Commentary / Cristy Hohman-Caine
  • pt. 2. The cultural stewardship question : looking for options
  • The museum and cultural property : the transformation of institutional ethics / Alan Shestack
  • Collecting pre-Columbian art / Gillett G. Griffin
  • International control efforts : are there any good solutions? / Ellen Herscher
  • U.S. implementation of the UNESCO Cultural Property Convention / Ann Guthrie Hingston
  • Commentary / Orrin C. Shane, III
  • pt. 3. Cultural property regulations : perceptions and conditions
  • From the collector's perspective : the legality of importing pre-Columbian art and artifacts / Leo J. Harris
  • what is "stolen"? : the McClain case revisited / Douglas C. Ewing
  • The need for enforcing regulations on the international art trade / Charles S. Koczka
  • Cultural property and national sovereignty / Jaime Litvak King
  • Commentary / Karen J. Warren
  • pt. 4. Working out differences : round table and conclusion
  • Highlights of a round table discussion and some recent developments in the cultural heritage arena / Phyllis Mauch Messenger
  • Conclusion : working together to preserve our past / George E. Stuart
  • Epilogue / Phyllis Mauch Messenger
  • Appendix 1. Some domestic and international laws and regulations and their enforcers
  • 2. Codes of ethics
  • 3. Some organizations and resources related to archaeology and culutral heritage issues.