Saving Sites: One Looting Step at a Time

Author(s): amelia dall

Year: 2017

Summary

To be able to preserve looted sites, one must identify the patterns and develop prevention strategies to avoid further looting. The illegal antiquities trade has had its’ roots in the archaeological field since the beginning of time. One of the reasons why looting happens is because of the collectors’ widespread interest in the rich, cultural materials that are found at cultural heritage sites. Therefore, preservation of looted sites is critical in archaeology. The dire threat of looted artifacts exists in cultural heritage sites, especially in countries that have few-to little resources to develop and implement prevention strategies.

Cite this Record

Saving Sites: One Looting Step at a Time. amelia dall. Masters Thesis. Texas State University, Anthropology. 2017 ( tDAR id: 437814) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8J67KG0

Keywords

Culture
Nasca

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Collections Research • Data Recovery / Excavation • Geophysical Survey • Heritage Management • Historic Background Research

General
Collections, Survey and Mapping, Surveying Site, Historic Maps, GIS, Georeferencing • Cyber-Archaeology, Global Archaeology, GIS, Scientific Storytelling • GIS Data • GIS Spatial Analysis • Nasca • Nasca Valley, Peru

Geographic Keywords
GIS • Looting • Nasca • Nasca Valley, Peru • Spatial Imagery

Temporal Keywords
Nasca

File Information

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GIS analyses of Habitation and Cemetery sites of Nasca culture in Nasca, Peru