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Catastrophe! : the looting and destruction of Iraq's past / edited by Geoff Emberling, Katharyn Hanson ; with contributions by McGuire Gibson ... [and others].
Penn Museum Library DS79.76 .C38 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oriental Institute Museum publications ; no. 28.
- Oriental Institute Museum publications ; no. 28
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Destruction and pillage--Exhibitions.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Destruction and pillage.
- Archaeological thefts--Iraq--Exhibitions.
- Archaeological thefts.
- Cultural property--Protection--Iraq--Exhibitions.
- Cultural property.
- Antiquities.
- Cultural property--Protection.
- Iraq--Antiquities--Exhibitions.
- Iraq.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 87 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago, 2008.
- Summary:
- With an introduction by Professor McGuire Gibson, this up-to-date account describes the state of the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad and chronicles the damage done to archaeological sites by illicit digging. Contributors include Donny George, John M. Russell, Katharyn Hanson, Clemens Reichel, Elizabeth C. Stone, and Patty Gerstenblith. Published in conjunction with the exhibit of the same name opening at the Oriental Institute April 10, 2008, this book commemorates the fifth anniversary of the looting of the Iraq National Museum.
- Contents:
- The looting of the Iraq Museum in Context / McGuire Gibson
- Efforts to protect archaeological sites and monuments in Iraq, 2003-2004 / John M. Russell
- Why does archaeological context matter? / Katharyn Hanson
- Cataloging the losses : the Oriental Institute's Iraq Museum database project / Clemens Reichel
- Archaeological site looting : the destruction of cultural heritage in southern Iraq / Elizabeth C. Stone
- Legal aspects of controlling the international market in looted antiquities : the paradigm of Iraq/ Patty Gerstenblith.
- Notes:
- Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Oriental Institute Museum.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1885923562
- 9781885923561
- OCLC:
- 224897577
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