Ethical Principles and Archaeological Practice: Development of an Ethics Policy

Lynott, Mark J.

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“…Archaeologists see themselves as stewards of cultural heritage and play an important role in the preservation of the past (Chippindale, 1994; Lipe, 1974; Lynott, 1997). Most archaeologists feel an ethical obligation to the preservation of the past not only for the sake of the archaeological landscape itself but also for the public educative value it holds.…”

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Drugs, Arms, and Arrowheads

Proulx

2011

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

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This article presents findings from a recent worldwide study of archaeological site looting, which largely fuels the international trade in illicitly obtained antiquities. Focused on practicing archaeologists' opinions about and personal experiences with site looting, the study surveyed 2,358 archaeologists excavating throughout the world in 118 countries. Key findings presented here include archaeologists' reports of connections between archaeological site looting and the production of and trade in methamphetamine across the United States. American archaeologists report runins with "meth heads" on their sites with increasing frequency. Other archaeologists working throughout the world report violent encounters with looters on site, some of whom even report being shot at and assaulted by looters. Overall findings suggest that archaeological fieldwork has become an increasingly dangerous occupation around the world.

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Drugs, Arms, and Arrowheads

Proulx

2011

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

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“…Nearly 45 years have passed since William Lipe published A Conservation Model for American Archaeology in which, among other things, he called for “public education, involvement of archaeologists in land use planning, and establishment of archaeological preserves” (Lipe 1974:213). Much of what Lipe encouraged is now encoded in SAA's Principles of Archaeological Ethics (e.g., stewardship, accountability, public education and outreach, dissemination of data, and preservation of sites, collections, and records (Lynott 1997; SAA 2019b). Childs (2004) and colleagues further described these ethical considerations as they relate to curation in Our Collective Responsibility: The Ethics and Practice of Archaeological Collections Stewardship .…”

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A Long View of Archaeological Collections Care, Preservation, and Management

Benden

Taft

2019

Adv. archaeol. pract.

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Collections care practices have become professionalized in the last 30 years, in large part because of the work of organizations such as the American Alliance of Museums, the Canadian Conservation Institute, the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, the American Institute for Conservation, and others in the museum sphere. Advances in preservation and management have benefited the discipline of archaeology in the field and laboratory. This thematic issue provides an updated perspective on the current happenings in the repository, highlighting innovative techniques and practices that collections specialists employ when managing the archaeological record. This article considers a macroview of the issues surrounding archaeological curation today and ponders what the future of collections preservation can and should look like.

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“…It is also untenable given the intellectual value assigned to archaeological resources, which provides the foundation for those ethics. This disinterest in taking action in the face of looting among some archaeologists is but another context in which an archaeologist's action-or in this case, inaction-entangles further the practice of archaeology with economic exploitation of the archaeological record (Lynott 1997;Wylie 1996).…”

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Field Archaeologists as Eyewitnesses to Site Looting

Balestrieri

2018

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In a recent worldwide study on the nature, scope, and frequency of archaeological site looting, the vast majority of field archaeologists reported having had multiple encounters with archaeological site looters both on- and off-site. Despite the criminalization of looting in most countries’ domestic statutory schemes, nearly half of surveyed field archaeologists do not report looting activity to external law enforcement or archaeological authorities when they encounter it. The rationales for their actions—or inactions—are examined within a criminological framework, and field archaeologists’ perspectives on looters as “criminals” and “victims” are explored. The paper concludes with a consideration that the criminalization of looting creates an emergent duty to report among archaeologists, and how they choose to address site looting changes their role in and relationship to the trade in illicitly obtained antiquities.

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Ethical Principles and Archaeological Practice: Development of an Ethics Policy

Cited by 46 publications

References 14 publications

Drugs, Arms, and Arrowheads

Drugs, Arms, and Arrowheads

A Long View of Archaeological Collections Care, Preservation, and Management

Field Archaeologists as Eyewitnesses to Site Looting

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