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Impacts Of Politicization And Conflict On Archaeological Resources: An Analysis Of Trends In Iraq, Andrew N. Vang-Roberts
Impacts Of Politicization And Conflict On Archaeological Resources: An Analysis Of Trends In Iraq, Andrew N. Vang-Roberts
Theses and Dissertations
Archeological resources have been used by political regimes to further their own interests since the discipline was established in the late 19th century. Regime-backed 20th century dictators in Iraq, Iran and Egypt understood that whoever controls a nation’s archeological resources controls its memory and its people. However, power changes hands and archeological resources are not immune to the shifting of power, be it through external conflict such as an invasion or internal conflict such as a revolution. In situations where the ruling party is overthrown and a power vacuum forms, destructive activities such as looting and land development increase and …
Assessing Wyoming’S Public Perceptions And General Attitudes Towards Archaeology, And Statewide Trends In Looting, Kayla M. Bradshaw
Assessing Wyoming’S Public Perceptions And General Attitudes Towards Archaeology, And Statewide Trends In Looting, Kayla M. Bradshaw
Culminating Projects in Cultural Resource Management
This research was conducted with the purpose of gathering and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data related to archaeological looting and public opinion regarding archaeology and cultural heritage preservation legislation in Wyoming. Areas of the state in which impacts of looting are most prevalent and the trends in these activities, as well as statewide trends, were identified. Randomly selected residents (n = 2,040) in these areas were then targeted by an anonymous survey, which was implemented with the purpose of assessing public knowledge pertaining to cultural resource legislation and archaeology. The anonymous survey was also distributed to Wyoming Archaeological Society and …
Tomato Season In The Ghor Es-Safi – A Lesson In Community Archaeology, Morag Kersel, Meredith Chesson
Tomato Season In The Ghor Es-Safi – A Lesson In Community Archaeology, Morag Kersel, Meredith Chesson
Morag M. Kersel
No abstract provided.
The Value Of A Looted Object – Stakeholder Perceptions In The Antiquities Trade, Morag Kersel
The Value Of A Looted Object – Stakeholder Perceptions In The Antiquities Trade, Morag Kersel
Morag M. Kersel
No abstract provided.
The Economics Of The Looted Archaeological Site Of Bab Edh-Dhra: A View From Google Earth, Neil Brodie, Daniel A. Contreras
The Economics Of The Looted Archaeological Site Of Bab Edh-Dhra: A View From Google Earth, Neil Brodie, Daniel A. Contreras
Daniel A. Contreras
No abstract provided.
La Nueva Mirada, Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Google Earth Shows Clandestine Worlds, Heather Pringle
Google Earth Shows Clandestine Worlds, Heather Pringle
Daniel A. Contreras
No abstract provided.
Shining Light On Looting: Using Google Earth To Quantify Damage And Raise Public Awareness, Daniel A. Contreras, Neil Brodie
Shining Light On Looting: Using Google Earth To Quantify Damage And Raise Public Awareness, Daniel A. Contreras, Neil Brodie
Daniel A. Contreras
No abstract provided.
The Utility Of Publicly-Available Satellite Imagery For Investigating Looting Of Archaeological Sites In Jordan, Daniel A. Contreras, Neil Brodie
The Utility Of Publicly-Available Satellite Imagery For Investigating Looting Of Archaeological Sites In Jordan, Daniel A. Contreras, Neil Brodie
Daniel A. Contreras
International response to the problem of looting of archaeological sites has been hampered by the difficulty of quantifying the damage done. The scarcity of reliable information negatively impacts professional and public policy making, rendering consensus about the scale of the problem and the effectiveness of policy responses difficult to achieve. We report here on the use of publicly-available satellite imagery for quantifying the damage caused by looting of archaeological sites in Jordan. The ease of use and affordability of imagery such as that provided by Google Earth make the identification, quantification, and monitoring of archaeological site looting possible at a …
Huaqueros And Remote Sensing Imagery: Assessing Looting Damage In The Virú Valley, Peru, Daniel A. Contreras
Huaqueros And Remote Sensing Imagery: Assessing Looting Damage In The Virú Valley, Peru, Daniel A. Contreras
Daniel A. Contreras
This article presents a new initiative in combating looting from the air, building on previous work in Iraq and Jordan. Looted sites in the Virú Valley, Peru, are visible as pit clusters on dated versions of Google Earth. Compare these with earlier air photographs and Gordon Willey's famous survey of the 1940s, and we have a dated chronicle of looting events. This makes it possible to demonstrate that modern looting is certainly taking place and linked to an upsurge in the antiquities trade. As well as being a new instrument for managing heritage, the author shows that the looting survey …
Buying, Selling, Owning The Past
Buying, Selling, Owning The Past
Daniel A. Contreras
Stanford Report coverage of my work with Neil Brodie on using remote sensing to quantify looting damage to archaeological sites.