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The archaeologist and the art market: policies and practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

B. F. Cook
B. F. Cook*
Affiliation:
The British Museum, London WC1B 3DG, UK
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The Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum sets out his view of where responsible museums and researchers should find a balance in the difficult matter of unprovenanced antiquities that may be the spoils of recent looting.

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Antiquity , Volume 65 , Issue 248 , September 1991 , pp. 533 - 537
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1991

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