
Loot
The Plundered Heritage
Left Coast Press Inc
1st Edition
Published on 28. February 2013
Software
DVD-ROM
978-1-61132-261-3 (ISBN)
Description
This brief, jolting film shows the hidden cost to the heritage of Latin American peoples caused by the trade in Precolumbian art by western museums and collectors. Archaeologists Arlen and Diane Chase show how the damage to archaeological sites done by looting belies claims that collecting ancient art helps preserve the past. They show the remains of looted tombs at the site of Caracol, Belize, and document the important information about the Maya past destroyed by looters. The film achieves balance by offering divergent perspectives on the topic, providing a forum for art dealers and collectors as well as documenting the perspectives of museum curators and government ministers assigned to protect culture. Designed for students in courses in archaeology, heritage, museology and art history, this video graphically shows the critical link between the beautiful objects in museums and on collectors' shelves and the destruction of heritage.
Reviews / Votes
"This new production on the looting of archaeological sites, fueled by the antiquities trade, deserves a wide audience. It delivers a basic message vital to the archaeological profession and the preservation of archaeological sites - that sites should be protected from unscientific excavation and that the marketing of antiquities encourages illicit digging that destroys valuable evidence about ancient peoples."-Archaeology MagazineMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Walnut Creek
United States
Weight
91 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61132-261-3 (9781611322613)
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Persons
Dr. Arlen F. Chase is Chair of the Department of Anthropology and a Pegasus Professor at University of Central Florida. Diane Z. Chase is Executive Vice Provost and a Pegasus Professor at UCF. For the last two decades, the Chases have co-directed excavations at Caracol, Belize. Jointly, they have co-authored or co-edited Investigations at the Classic Maya City of Caracol Belize: 1985-1987; A Postclassic Perspective: Excavations at the Maya Site of Santa Rita Corozal, Belize; Mesoamerican Elites: An Archaeological Assessment ; and Studies in the Archaeology of Caracol, Belize . They serve as the Maya Studies Series Editors for the University Press of Florida.