FutureLearn MOOC
University of Glasgow
Dr. Donna Yates, Lead Educator
University of Glasgow’s Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research
9 October 2017
WEEK ONE:
Course Team:
Dr. Donna Yates, Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research - publications
Dr. Simon Mackenzie, Professor of Criminology at Victoria University of Wellington - publications
Dr. Christos Tsirogiannis, Affiliate Researcher at Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research - publications
Anya Eber, MSc student at Collecting and Provenance in an International Context, University of Glasgow
Meg Lambert, PhD Candidate at Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Glasgow
Christine Weirich, PhD Candidate at Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Glasgow
Trafficking Culture -.org
Stolen Gods - .org
Anonymous Swiss Collector - culture crime site
Institute of Archaeology, Belize .org
Conflict Antiquities - blog
...The Human Rights of Subsistence Diggers by Sam Hardy - Chapter 14
US Department of State - Cultural Heritage Center
Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities in the World's Museums .com
Original Recording of Week 1 Live Chat:
Peru
Huaquero -A person who clandestinely excavates at archaeological sites for the purpose of obtaining marketable antiquities. The term is derived from the Quechua word ‘huaca’ (also ‘wak’a’).
Huaca - Prior to the Spanish Conquest, a ‘huaca’ was anything that was sacred, with an emphasis on sacred places. Depending on the context, use of the term ‘huaca’ in modern times can imply that there is still a sacred quality to these sites and objects. Today the term is most often ascribed to archaeological sites.
Huaco - Usually means an ancient ceramic pot.
Huaquear - verb, to illicitly dig at or loot an archaeological site.
Easter Week - Traditionally when huaqueros rob the ancient tombs of Peru’s north coast. There is a North Coast legend that during Easter Week artefacts rise to the ground's surface, becoming easy to find and one barely has to dig for them. Some sources claim that Good Friday is the preferred day for looting because ‘God is dead and doesn’t watch‘. Other sources claim that looting starts on Maundy Thursday when any outstanding curses that protect an archaeological site are lifted. Some believe that prior to the Spanish Conquest, occupants of archaeological sites are non-Christian ‘Gentiles’ who, in a sort of raising of the dead sense, cluster near the surface only during Easter Week so that they may be found by Christians. Archaeologist Walter Alva believes that this traditional Easter looting has no foundation in pre-Conquest cultural tradition, but was introduced by the Spanish and used as a means to rob graves.
Huaquero Mythology - Looting lore is filled with curses, spirits, riches, and legend. These beliefs became a cultural norm where all locals know of these stories. Below, are the lyrics of ‘Huaquero Viejo’ to which people dance the Marinera Norteña, the national dance of Peru:
⬪ I am the old grave robber (huaquero)
⬪ and I have come to loot pottery (huacos)
⬪ from the highest ancient mound (huaca)
⬪ to the lowest ancient mound (huaca)
[Translation by Dr. Donna Yates 2015]
Mali
Looting to survive poverty
Timbuktu, Mali is a UNESCO world heritage site.
© Emilio Labrador via Wikimedia Commons
Cambodia
Cambodian Heritage Statues stolen by Khmer Rouge - The Returns
Cambodian Heritage Statues stolen by Khmer Rouge - The Returns
Keeling Attendants (x2) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York -returned 2013
Pandava Christie’s Auction House -returned 2014
Bhima Norton Simon Museum, California -returned 2014
Duryodhana Sotheby’s Auction House -returned 2014
Hanuman Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio -returned 2015
Rama Denver Art Museum -returned 2016
Janus Figure: Leonardo Patterson
An antiquities legend in an 'intrinsically lawless' field - LA Times
Antiquities Dealer Leonardo Patterson Faces New Criminal Charges - NY Times
Infamous Antiquities Dealer Convicted of Smuggling and Forgery - Artnet
Maya ‘Fresco’ Fake - Trafficking Culture
Euphronios Krater
NY Times Euphronios Krater -search
-clippings, clippings
Artnet: The Hot Pot -part I of VI
Apamea, Syria
Syria: Destroying the Past for the Future -Antiquity Journal
Culture Under Threat Map -Antiquities Coalition
Ancient History, Modern Destruction: Assessing the Current Status of Syria’s World Heritage Sites Using High-Resolution Satellite Imagery -AAAS.org
What I learned this week: The antiquities black market is a gray area as a result of white collar crime. ba-da-bum!
WEEK TWO:
Original Recording of Week 2 Chat:
The Scream
4 Norwegians Guilty In Theft of 'The Scream' - NY Times
Scream Stolen from Norway Museum - BBC News
Stolen Munch Paintings Found Safe - BBC News
Munch Paintings 'can be repaired' - BBC News
Edvard Munch's stolen Scream recovered in undercover sting - The Guardian Archive
‘The Scream,’ the Thief, and the 2 Million M&M’s - ARTNews
The Scream, 1893 - Norway National Museum
'The Scream' buyer is revealed to be financier Leon Black - LA Times
Impressionist & Modern Art at Evening Sale - Sothebys
Unsolved Gardner Museum Theft
Gardner Museum Theft - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - .org
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - Google Arts & Culture
If the Gardner Paintings Are Ever Found, How Damaged Will They Be? - WNPR
FBI Special Agent Geoff Kelly - YouTube
Gardner Security Director Anthony Amore - YouTube
FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard DesLauiers - YouTube
United States Attorney Carmen Ortiz - YouTube
1990 Gardner Museum Security Footage - YouTube (the video is glitchy)
National Portrait Gallery - The Portraits
Forgeries
Han van Meegeren, the fabulous forger
The Scientist and the Forger - World Scientific
Five tools used to detect art forgeries:
1.) Provenance Research
2.) Microscopy
3.) Mass Spectrometry
4.) X-Ray
5.) Infrared Reflectography
Street Art or Vandalism
Street artist Shepard Fairey wanted for felony vandalism in Detroit - LA Times
Banksy - site
Banksy's Kissing Coppers sold at US auction - BBC
'I remember when all this was trees': Banksy mural sells for $137,500 - USA Today
WEEK THREE:
Repatriation, Recovery, Return
G'psgolox Pole
Haisla Nation site
A Monument Returned, an Earthshaking Event Kitimat Daily
G’psgolox pole returns home after 77 years, first totem ever to be repatriated from overseas Ecotrust
The Repatriation of the G'psgolox Totem Pole: A Study of its Context, Process, and Outcome Cambridge University Press
Kennewick Man
New DNA Results Show Kennewick Man Was Native American NY Times
The Long Legal and Moral Battle Over Kennewick Man Indian Country
Kennewick Man, The Ancient One Burke Museum
Kennewick Man a debate not easily put to rest Seattle Times
Two Riders on the Beach
Reunion with looted painting is 'second victory against the Nazis' The Guardian
Case Review: David Toren v. Federal Republic of Germany and Free State of Bavaria – Task Force Confirms Origin of Liebermann Painting itsartlaw.com
What Next for the Gurlitt Collection? | European Journal YouTube
Gurlitt Art Trove -German Lost Art Foundation site
Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets lootedart.com
Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art lootedart.com
Cuban Art
Reclaiming Art Seized by Castro’s Government Will Be an Uphill Battle artnet
Cuba refuses to return seized art despite thaw in relations with US waybackmachine
Reclaiming Art Caught in the Cuban Revolution NY Times
Elgin Marbles
Mentor Shipwreck Underwater Excavation Continue archaeologywiki
The Parthenon Sculptures The British Museum
The Parthenon Gallery Acropolis Museum
Elgin Recovered-
21 large figures that once filled the triangular spaces at the front of the temple known as pediments
75 of 160 metres of the famous Parthenon Frieze that adorned the temple’s inner chamber, the naos
15 of 92 carved panels known as metopes that once filled rectangular areas above the temple’s columns
Other misc. artefacts from other temples
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