The market for Mesoamerica reflections on the sale of Pre-Columbian antiquities / edited by Cara G. Tremain and Donna Yates ; foreword by Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase.

Format Electronic
Publication InfoGainesville : University Press of Florida, [2019]
Descriptionxvi, 213 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

Other author/creatorTremain, Cara G.
Other author/creatorYates, Donna.
Other author/creatorChase, Arlen F. (Arlen Frank), 1953-
Other author/creatorChase, Diane Z.
SeriesMaya studies
Maya studies. ^A522660
Contents Making markets for Mesoamerican antiquities / Rosemary A. Joyce -- U.S. collaboration with Mesoamerican countries to protect cultural property / Allison R. Davis -- Corporatism, heritage, and museums: rigmarole in Central America, 1899-1950 / Christina Luke -- There and back again: looting, trafficking culture and the management of cultural heritage in Guatemala / Sofia Paredes Maury and Guido Krempel -- The odyssey of Piedras Negras Stela 5 / James A. Doyle -- "From a cave near Tehuacán": an attempt to reassemble post-classic Mesoamerican ritual deposits that were separated by the art market / Martin Berger -- Ancient Zapotec material culture and the antiquities market / Adam Sellen -- Forgery and the Pre-Columbian art market / Nancy L. Kelker -- The many lives of Maya antiquities: tracking distribution and redistribution through auction catalogues / Cara G. Tremain -- Failures and consequences of anti-antiquities trafficking policy in Mesoamerica / Donna Yates.
Abstract This book will explore past, current, and future policies and trends concerning the sale of antiquities from Mesoamerica. Having outlined gaps in our knowledge, this book seeks to identify the substantive steps that the academic community can take toward affecting transparency, accountability, and ethical practice within the Pre-Columbian antiquities market.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018054073
ISBN9780813056449 (cloth : alk. paper)

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