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The market for Mesoamerica : reflections on the sale of Pre-Columbian antiquities / edited by Cara G. Tremain and Donna Yates ; foreword by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Maya studies.
- Maya studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of South America--Antiquities.
- Indians of South America.
- Indians of Central America--Antiquities.
- Indians of Central America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, [2019]
- Summary:
- This book will explore past, current, and future policies and trends concerning the sale of antiquities from Mesoamerica. Having outlined gaps in our knowledge, this book seeks to identify the substantive steps that the academic community can take toward affecting transparency, accountability, and ethical practice within the Pre-Columbian antiquities market.
- Contents:
- Making markets for Mesoamerican antiquities / Rosemary A. Joyce
- U.S. collaboration with Mesoamerican countries to protect cultural property / Allison R. Davis
- Corporatism, heritage, and museums: rigmarole in Central America, 1899-1950 / Christina Luke
- There and back again: looting, trafficking culture and the management of cultural heritage in Guatemala / Sofia Paredes Maury and Guido Krempel
- The odyssey of Piedras Negras Stela 5 / James A. Doyle
- "From a cave near Tehuacán": an attempt to reassemble post-classic Mesoamerican ritual deposits that were separated by the art market / Martin Berger
- Ancient Zapotec material culture and the antiquities market / Adam Sellen
- Forgery and the Pre-Columbian art market / Nancy L. Kelker
- The many lives of Maya antiquities: tracking distribution and redistribution through auction catalogues / Cara G. Tremain
- Failures and consequences of anti-antiquities trafficking policy in Mesoamerica / Donna Yates.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-5720-5
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