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Statistics, damned statistics, and the antiquities trade

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Neil Brodie
Neil Brodie*
Affiliation:
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3ER, England
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Abstract

The antiquities trade is a rather shady business — and few facts are available. Here Neil Brodie of the Illicit Antiquities Research Centre at Cambridge reviews the facts and figures of the British trade in such goods.

Keywords

antiquities tradeart worksexportslicencesUnited Kingdom
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Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 280 , June 1999 , pp. 447 - 451
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1999

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