The ethics of collecting cultural property
Subtitle: whose culture? whose property?
By: edited by Phyllis Mauch Messenger ; foreword by Brian Fagan.
Contributors: Messenger, Phyllis Mauch, 1950-
Edition: 2nd ed, updated and enlarged
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Moral and ethical aspects; Cultural property -- Protection -- Moral and ethical aspects
Description: "The Ethics of Collecting Cultural Property explores the ethical, legal, and intellectual issues related to excavating, selling, collecting, and owning cultural artifacts. Twenty-two contributors, representing archaeology, law, museum administration, art history, and philosophy, suggest how the numerous interested parties, often at odds, can cooperate to resolve cultural heritage, ownership, and repatriation issues, and improve the protection of cultural property worldwide."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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