The Dangers of Conflating Responsible and Responsive Artefact Stewardship with Illicit and illegal collecting

Suzanne Elizabeth Thomas; Bonnie L. Pitblado

doi:10.15184/aqy.2019.201

The Dangers of Conflating Responsible and Responsive Artefact Stewardship with Illicit and illegal collecting

Suzanne Elizabeth Thomas, Bonnie L. Pitblado

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Abstract

Archaeology and private artefact collecting have complex and inextricably linked histories. Archaeologists have long drawn attention to criminal activity among collectors, but to assume that all private owners of cultural material-and any archaeologists who interact with them-have ill-intent or engage in illegal behaviour can cause as much harm to the archaeological record as the criminal actions themselves.

Original language	English
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	94
Issue number	376
Pages (from-to)	1060-1067
Number of pages	8
ISSN	0003-598X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2019.201
Publication status	Published - 4 Aug 2020
MoE publication type	B1 Journal article

Fields of Science

615 History and Archaeology

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SuALT: SuALT: yhteisöllinen tutkimusinfrastruktuuri arkeologisille löydöille linkitetyn avoimen tiedon avulla
Thomas, S., Hyvönen, E., Salmela, U., Tuominen, J., Wessman, A., Ikkala, E., Koho, M., Melin, J., Kangert, N., Deckers, P., Roymans, N., Lewis, M., Dobat, A. & Pitblado, B.
EU, Academy of Finland, SUOMEN AKATEMIA, NOS-HS: Nordisk samarbeitsnemnd for humanistisk og samfunnsviteskapelig forskning
Project: Research project

1 Academic visit to other institution

Univ Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma
Suzie Thomas (Visiting researcher)
1 Sep 2018 → 29 Oct 2018
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution

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The Dangers of Conflating Responsible and Responsive Artefact Stewardship with Illicit and illegal collecting

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SuALT: SuALT: yhteisöllinen tutkimusinfrastruktuuri arkeologisille löydöille linkitetyn avoimen tiedon avulla

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Univ Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma

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