Real, recent, or replica : Precolumbian Caribbean heritage as art, commodity, and inspiration / edited by Joanna Ostapkowicz and Jonathan A. Hanna ; foreword by Peter E. Siegel ; epilogue by L. Antonio Curet.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ostapkowicz, Joanna, editor.

Hanna, Jonathan A., 1984- editor.

Siegel, Peter E., writer of foreword.

Curet, L. Antonio, 1960- writer of afterword.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian art--Caribbean Area.

Indian art.

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Reproductions--Caribbean Area.

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Cultural property--Protection--Caribbean Area.

Cultural property.

Forgery of antiquities--Caribbean Area.

Forgery of antiquities.

Authentication.

Antiquities.

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Reproductions.

Cultural property--Protection.

Caribbean Area--Antiquities.

Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

xv, 329 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Examines the largely unexplored topics in Caribbean archaeology of looting of heritage sites, artifact fraud, and illicit trade of archaeological materials"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Caribbean Indigenous Art Past, Present, Future The View from the Greater Antilles / Joanna Ostapkowicz

2. Archaeological Heritage Market and Museums in the Dominican Republic / Mariana C. Francozo

3. The Vibrancy of "Taino"-Themed Arts and Crafts Identity and Symbolism in Modern and Postmodern Boriken / Jose R. Oliver

4. Jamaican Cultural Material Pilfered and Forged / Lesley-Gail Atkinson Swaby

5. Spice Isle Sculptures: Antiquities and Iconography in Grenada, West Indies / Jonathan A. Hanna

6. Genuine Reproductions: Ethics, Practicalities, and Problems in Creating a Replica of a Zemifrom Carriacou, Grenada, West Indies / John G. Swogger

7. Fakes, Copies, and Replicas in Cuban Archaeology / Menno L. P. Hoogland

8. "Seem[ing] Authenticity]" Irving Rouse on Forgeries, a Museological Perspective / Roger Colten

9. Authenticity, Preservation, and Care in Central American Indigenous Material Culture / Alexander Geurds

10. Reducing the Market for Illicit Cultural Objects The Caribbean and Beyond / Donna Yates.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780817320874

0817320873

OCLC:

1204264719

Publisher Number:

99988614580