Using the example of Andean archaeology, this article focuses on subtle forms of inequality
that arise when academic communities are conceptualized as friendship‐based and …

This chapter will provide a broad overview of the theft, smuggling, and illegal sale of cultural
objects from Latin America. First, I will describe the two categories of Latin American cultural …

In 2012 two men were lynched in Bolivia, first because there is an illicit market for Bolivian
cultural objects, and second because a small, poor community turned to desperate …

The looting, trafficking, and illicit sale of cultural objects is a form of transnational crime with
significant social and legal dimensions that call into question competing ideas of ownership …

Purpose–This paper aims to discuss the key aspects of the international trade in antiquities
and the practice of philanthropic donation of objects to museums that allow for certain types …

Archaeology is a science with an intimate investment in the bodies that labor to produce its
objects of knowledge. Data comes into being through tactile skills: eyes that see, hands that …

Although on-the-ground preservation and policing is a major component of our international
efforts to prevent the looting and trafficking of antiquities, the expectation placed on source …

Recent decades have seen a growing interest by individuals, government, and international
organisations to safeguard Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). Such efforts arose from the …

Heritage tourism destinations (HTDs) in rural places host not only tourists and tourism
service facilities but also negative consequences such as urbanization and overtourism …

Much of the recent literature has discussed the various stages in the criminal market for
looted cultural objects, and the different actors that are present at each of these stages. For …