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Antiquities: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) by Maxwell L. Anderson

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4.0

Another excellent entry in the invaluable Oxofrd series, this one taps Anderson, a curator and world-class art historian, to explicate the current state of antiquities law, the different viewpoints of archaeologist and art historians towards luxury objects vs. undecorated pot shards, cases of repatriation of objects, the mentality behind the Taliban destroying religious statues and international attempts to control the traffic of smuggled antiquities and illegal collecting. Useful citations and bibliography, perfect starting point.