“I am the old looter and I’ve come to loot pottery”
Last night I was working on a short definition of the term “huaquero”. This is a seemingly easy task. The shortest definition is, of course is “Quechua/South American Spanish for looter of...
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Emotional images of the looting of a Maya temple. http://traffickingculture.org/data/placeres/ This is the looting of a large Maya stucco facade from the site of Placeres. It is a well known piece: not...
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Relics for Sale at Tiwanaku [Bolivia, from La Razón]
Another thing that this blog is not supposed to be is a news blog. However I think regional stories might not get a lot of play in the blog/twitter world. Thus what follows is my own (horribly flawed,...
View ArticleNazi War Diggers: Looting war graves on TV
There is a huge uproar in archaeological circles about a program slotted to air on the National Geographic channel. UPDATE: Betty Hudson (Executive Vice President, Communications National Geographic...
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‘God is dead and doesn’t watch’: Easter week tomb robbing on Peru’s north coast
Easter Week: the traditional time of grave robbing on Peru’s north coast. The Easter Week (Semana Santa) is particularly special to people in Latin America. In Peru people who live elsewhere travel to...
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High-altitude mummy looting: the Cerro El Plomo child
The first high-altitude frozen mummy found in Chile was located and then hidden by looters who eventually sold it to the government. Inka Frozen Mummies During the Inka Empire (1438–1533), individuals...
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