Looting matters: archaeological ethics
David Gill and Christopher Chippindale have been conducting research on the impact of looting and the distribution of antiquities through the art market.
- The material and intellectual consequences of esteem for Cycladic figures
- The material consequences of contemporary collecting
- Collecting the classical world: the idea of a quantitative history
- The material and intellectual consequences of collecting Egyptian antiquities
- On-line auctions: a new venue for the antiquities market
- Returning antiquities
Other published research in this area by us includes:
- (and Neil Brodie) 'Looting: an international view'. In Ethical issues in Archaeology, edited by L. J. Zimmerman, K. D. Vitelli and J. Hollowell-Zimmer (Walnut Creek (CA); Oxford (UK): AltaMira; Society for American Archaeology, 2003), 31-44. [More details]
- 'The Trade in Looted Antiquities and the Return of Cultural Property: A British Parliamentary Inquiry', International Journal of Cultural Property 11.1 (2002), pp. 50-64.
- 'Treasure hunting for the benefit of charities', Current Archaeology 135 (1993), p. 119.
- 'Publishing unprovenanced artifacts: further observations', Electronic Antiquity 2.2 (1994).
- (with K. Butcher) 'Mischievous pastime or historical science?', review article of Minerva, in Antiquity 64 (1990), pp. 946-50.
- Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Antiquities (Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1997), in Bryn Mawr Classical Review (1998)
For further information please contact David Gill.
