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: Received: 19 April 2018 / Approved: 20 April 2018 / Online: 20 April 2018 (11:17:32 CEST)
How to cite:
Rodríguez Temiño, I.; Yáñez, A.; Jorge Villar, S.; Reyes Mateos, Á.; Rufino Rus, J.; Salas Álvarez, J.; Lavín Berdonces, A.C. Forensic Archaeometry Applied to Antiquities Trafficking: An Investigation at the Frontiers of Knowledge. Preprints2018, 2018040263. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201804.0263.v1
Rodríguez Temiño, I.; Yáñez, A.; Jorge Villar, S.; Reyes Mateos, Á.; Rufino Rus, J.; Salas Álvarez, J.; Lavín Berdonces, A.C. Forensic Archaeometry Applied to Antiquities Trafficking: An Investigation at the Frontiers of Knowledge. Preprints 2018, 2018040263. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201804.0263.v1
Rodríguez Temiño, I.; Yáñez, A.; Jorge Villar, S.; Reyes Mateos, Á.; Rufino Rus, J.; Salas Álvarez, J.; Lavín Berdonces, A.C. Forensic Archaeometry Applied to Antiquities Trafficking: An Investigation at the Frontiers of Knowledge. Preprints2018, 2018040263. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201804.0263.v1
APA Style
Rodríguez Temiño, I., Yáñez, A., Jorge Villar, S., Reyes Mateos, Á., Rufino Rus, J., Salas Álvarez, J., & Lavín Berdonces, A.C. (2018). Forensic Archaeometry Applied to Antiquities Trafficking: An Investigation at the Frontiers of Knowledge. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201804.0263.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Rodríguez Temiño, I., Jesús Salas Álvarez and Ana Carmen Lavín Berdonces. 2018 "Forensic Archaeometry Applied to Antiquities Trafficking: An Investigation at the Frontiers of Knowledge" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201804.0263.v1
Abstract
For most of its history, archaeology has taken an indulgent attitude toward looting and antiquities trafficking. The primary response to these dangers has been to publish the main findings made outside of academia. As a result of this approach and the prominent role played by police techniques in investigating such crimes, investigations are primarily based on documentary research. This approach makes it harder to determine such essential factors in this field as an object’s collecting history or discovery date. This paper offers an overview of the state of the research on the fight against antiquities trafficking. It then proposes new ways of studying collecting history, drawing on research projects on the use of archaeometry to shed light on cases of looting or trafficking involving police, court, or government intervention; hence, its qualification as “forensic.” Although the current state of knowledge does not enable the presentation of novel research, we believe that researchers and interested institutions should be made aware of the advisability of using archaeometry more directly in the fight against these scourges.
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