I was delighted to hear that David Friedel, Juan Carlos Pérez, and their team have discovered a tomb at El Perú-Waka’
Guatemala: Masks, Church Stuff, and a False Divide
Posted on 2 October 2012
Guatemala has been the site of many of my most vivid dreams and imaginings.
Valdivia Figurines and the appeal of ‘the oldest’
Posted on 19 September 2012
The logo for the Ecuadorian Ministry of Culture website is about my favourite thing
Introducing the Trafficking Culture Website
Posted on 22 August 2012
Finally, finally I get to show you folks the website for the University of Glasgow’s Trafficking Culture project!
More on pouches, pots, and my skewed perceptions
Posted on 18 August 2012
Thinking more about yesterday’s Wari pouch post
Other antiquities on the Cleveland Museum website!
Posted on 17 August 2012
Lately the interwebs have been abuzz with news of the Cleveland Museum acquiring a Roman portrait head and a Maya pot
Who is googling? Evangelize or let it rest?
Posted on 7 July 2012
>For the past few days a lot of my brain juice has been focused on the website for Trafficking Culture project
“I am the old looter and I’ve come to loot pottery”
Posted on 4 July 2012
Last night I was working on a short definition of the term “huaquero”.
Provenance Pitfalls, Lost Jewels, and Glasgow Airport
Posted on 20 June 2012
Various news outlets, including the Independent, are reporting that the Duchess of Argyll lost about 100,000 pounds worth of jewelry
Location, Research and Ideas
Posted on 17 June 2012
I don’t particularly like this blog to swing into the personal, I have been told by a person wiser than myself that I should be a bit more forthcoming
Sotheby’s, 22 March, 1982
Posted on 12 June 2012
Pre-Columbian, Central American, North American Indian, Eskimo, Oceanic and African Works of Art
Julio C. Tello, bringing context to Peru
Posted on 6 June 2012
As a component of getting back into the swing of things here in Glasgow, I have been revisiting old (and not so old) cases of Latin American looting