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The identification and protection of cultural heritage during the Iraq conflict: A peculiarly English tale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2015

Peter Stone*
Affiliation:
International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, Bruce Building, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK (Email: P.G.Stone@newcastle.ac.uk)

Abstract

The author offers us a first hand account of his extraordinary and unexpected duties during the second Iraq war. This is history, heritage, regulation and perhaps even legislation in the making.

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Type
Debate
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2005

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