What is it about?

A response to Elizabeth Marlowe who discusses earlier research analysing archaeological ethics and the history of collecting.

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Why is it important?

Recently surfaced archaeological objects have the potential to corrupt the corpus of knowledge.

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There is an urgency to address the issue of archaeological objects surfacing on the art market without documented collecting histories ("provenance").

Professor David WJ Gill
University of Suffolk

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This page is a summary of: Thinking About Collecting Histories: A Response to Marlowe, International Journal of Cultural Property, August 2016, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0940739116000187.
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