Taught by Nancy Sultan, IWU 2001
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On-line Resources
URL: http://www.swan.ac.uk/classics/staff/dg/looting/
"The ‘Looting Question’ Bibliography: The Archaeological Politics of Private Collecting, Commercial treasure Hunting, Looting, and ‘Professional’ Archaeology" (H. Jarvis)
URL: http://wings.buffalo.edu/anthropology/Documents/lootbib.html
"The Parthenon Marbles" (Ian Swindale)
URL: http://www.Greece.org/parthenon/marbles/
Illicit Antiquities Research Center, U. Cambridge (J. Doole)
URL: http://www-mcdonald.arch.cam.ac.uk/IARC/home.htm
"Sources of Information on Antiquities Theft" (Laura Robbins)
URL: http://home.earthlink.net/~robbinsls/theft/index.html
Useful Books
Meyer, K. The Plundered Past. New York: Atheneum. 1973
Skeates, R. Debating the Archaeological Heritage. London: Duckworth. 2000.
St. Clair, W. Lord Elgin & The Marbles: The Controversial History of the Parthenon Sculptures. Oxford: Oxford U. Press. 1998 (orig. 1967)
Tubb, K. W., ed. Antiquities Trade or Betrayed: Legal, Ethical & Conservation Issues. London: Archetype Publications, Ltd. 1995
Vitelli, K.D., ed. Archaeological Ethics. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press. 1996
Vrettos, Th. The Elgin Affair: The Abduction of
Antiquity’s Greatest Treasures & the Passions it Aroused. New York:
Arcade. 1997
In the Discovery Series (Little paperbacks with documents & great illustrations)
Etienne, R. & F. The Search for Ancient Greece. New York; Harry Abrams. 1992 (orig. French ed. 1990)
Moatti, C. In Search of Ancient Rome. New York: Harry Abrams, Inc. 1993 (orig. French ed. 1989)
Vercoutter, J. The Search for Ancient Egypt. New
York: Harry Abrams. 1992 (orig. French ed. 1986)