Skip to main content

Looting Matters Celebrated

Later this morning a Blue Plaque will be unveiled on the north side of Gordon Square, London to mark the venue of a landmark lecture presented through the Heritage Studies Research Group. Blue Plaques are a feature of London's cityscape and they are placed to note important historical and cultural locations in the capital.

Looting Matters is honoured to have been selected for this treatment.

Bookmark and Share so Your Real Friends Know that You Know
Labels:

Comments

DR.KWAME OPOKU said…
Well-deserved honour. Congratulations!
1 April 2011 at 07:40
Anonymous said…
Let's hope it doesn't end up being offered for sale by a dealer and marked "Supplied from a trusted source and not known to be stolen".
1 April 2011 at 09:12
Paul Barford said…
Hat off to you David.
1 April 2011 at 12:14
David Gill said…
Thank you for these kind comments - they are much appreciated.
1 April 2011 at 12:19
kyri said…
happy april fools david,that was a good one.i hope the others didnt realy fall for your prank.
kyri.
1 April 2011 at 17:40
Kasia Szpakowska said…
Now, is the date meaningful? The April 1 I mean ....
:-)
1 April 2011 at 19:22
Kasia Szpakowska said…
huff, i thought I left a comment -- not sure it worked! Now David, is the fact that this announcement appeared on April 1st meaningful? Inquiring minds want to know...
1 April 2011 at 19:24
SAFECORNER said…
Congratulations!
2 April 2011 at 22:46
Elizabeth said…
I fell for the bus gag a few years ago; fool me once ...
3 April 2011 at 00:00
Damien Huffer said…
Congrats, David!
4 April 2011 at 00:30
Anonymous said…
How wonderful David. Congratulations!
4 April 2011 at 13:36
kyri said…
hi david,i see the greek ostraka [lot 215 christies] have been withdrawn although they are still on the e catalog.do you know anything about this?i know that you have studied /wrote about ostraka in the past as i have read a few pieces by you.were they in polaroids?
kyri.
6 April 2011 at 18:44
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The scale of the returns to Italy

I have been busy working on an overview, "Returning Archaeological Objects to Italy". The scale of the returns to Italy from North American collections and galleries is staggering: in excess of 350 objects. This is clearly the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the material that has surfaced on the market without a history that can be traced back to the period before 1970. 

I will provide more information in due course, but the researcher is a reminder that we need to take due diligence seriously when it comes to making acquisitions.

Post a Comment
Read more

Stele returns to Greece

The Hellenic Ministry of Culture has announced (Saturday 8 September 2018) that a stele that had been due to be auctioned at Sotheby's in London in June 2017 has been returned to Greece (Friday 7 September 2018). The identification had been made by Cambridge-based forensic archaeologist Dr Christos Tsirogiannis.

It appeared that the stele had been supplied with a falsified history as its presence with Becchina until 1990 contradicted the published sale catalogue entry. It then moved into the hands of George Ortiz.

A year ago it was suggested that Sotheby's should contact the Greek authorities. Those negotiations appear to have concluded successfully.

The 4th century BC stele fragment, with the personal name, Hestiaios, will be displayed in the Epigraphic Museum in Athens. It appears to have come from a cemetery in Attica.



Post a Comment
Read more

"Beating sites to death"

Policy decisions for protecting archaeological sites need to be informed by carefully argued positions based on data. Dr Sam Hardy has produced an important study, “Metal detecting for cultural objects until ‘there is nothing left’: The potential and limits of digital data, netnographic data and market data for analysis”. Arts 7, 3 (2018) [online]. This builds on Hardy's earlier research.

Readers should note Hardy's conclusion about his findings: "they corroborate the detecting community’s own perception that they are ‘beat[ing these sites] to death’".

Pieterjan Deckers, Andres Dobat, Natasha Ferguson, Stijn Heeren, Michael Lewis, and Suzie Thomas may wish to reflect on whether or not their own position is endangering the finite archaeological record. 

Abstract
This methodological study assesses the potential for automatically generated data, netnographic data and market data on metal-detecting to advance cultural property criminology. The method comprises the analysi…
Post a Comment
Read more