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  • AR 342/742 Archaeology in the Holy Land
  • AR 480/780 – Who Owns the Past? Archaeology, Ethics, and the Law
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10/24: The Hague Convention and national patrimony

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  • Treaty 106-1 (1954 Hague Convention on Cultural Property)
  • John Merryman, “Two Ways of Thinking About Cultural Property,” The American Journal of International Law 80 (1986), pp. 831-53.
  • Patty Gerstenblith, “From Bamiyan to Baghdad: warfare and the preservation of cultural heritage at the beginning of the 21st century,” Georgetown Journal of International Law 37.2, Winter 2006, pp. 245-352.
  • Michael Kimmelman et al., “Is It All Loot? Tackling the Antiquities Problem,” NY Times 3/29/2006.
  • AR 480/780 – Who Owns the Past? Archaeology, Ethics, and the Law

    • Additional Reading
      • 09/12: The issue, head-on
      • 09/26: Loot, part 1: colonialism, theft, and the market
      • 10/03: Loot, part 2: the nation-state and cultural blackmail
      • 10/17: Competing Priorities
      • 10/24: The Hague Convention and national patrimony
      • 10/31: Native Americans and NAGPRA
      • 11/07: Archaeologists and the State Department
      • 11/14: The Long View
      • 11/21: Dead and gone?
      • 11/28: What’s to be done?
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      • Cultural Property: Legal Issues and updates
      • Loot, Plunder, and Stolen Goods
      • U.S. Law and International Treaties
      • World Heritage Sites, Claims and Issues
        • Iranian cultural property: court cases and updates
        • Thai-Cambodia temple dispute
    • Papers and Weekly Reading Reports
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