In Archaeology's Insider: Guardians of Antiquity? Roger Atwood, a SAFE Beacon Award Winner for his book Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers and the Looting of the Ancient World shares his views on James Cuno's "Who Owns Antiquity," previously reviewed here by Lawrence Rothfield in James Cuno's Illogic.
Roger Atwood led the first SAFE Tours at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Roger Atwood reviews "Who Owns Antiquity" by James Cuno
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Just a clarification: my comments about Cuno were not intended as a review of his book but as a critique of his assertion -- made in the book but elsewhere as well -- that retentionism promotes looting.
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