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.
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2019.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 213 pages) : illustrations
- Maya studies .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Making markets for Mesoamerican antiquities / U.S. collaboration with Mesoamerican countries to protect cultural property / Corporatism, heritage, and museums: rigmarole in Central America, 1899-1950 / There and back again: looting, trafficking culture and the management of cultural heritage in Guatemala / The odyssey of Piedras Negras Stela 5 / "From a cave near Tehuacán": an attempt to reassemble post-classic Mesoamerican ritual deposits that were separated by the art market / Ancient Zapotec material culture and the antiquities market / Forgery and the Pre-Columbian art market / The many lives of Maya antiquities: tracking distribution and redistribution through auction catalogues / Failures and consequences of antiquities antitrafficking policy in Mesoamerica / Rosemary A. Joyce -- Allison R. Davis -- Christina Luke -- Sofia Paredes Maury and Guido Krempel -- James A. Doyle -- Martin Berger -- Adam Sellen -- Nancy L. Kelker -- Cara G. Tremain -- Donna Yates.
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.
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Indian art--Central America. Indian art--South America. Indians of Central America--Antiquities. Indians of South America--Antiquities.