Real, Recent, or Replica - Precolumbian Caribbean Heritage as Art, Commodity, and Inspiration

About the author

Joanna Ostapkowicz is research associate in Caribbean archaeology at the University of Oxford. She is coeditor of Iconography and Wetsite Archaeology of Florida's Watery Realms.

Jonathan A. Hanna is curator at the Grenada National Museum in St. George's. His research focuses mainly on geoarchaeology and ancient human behavioral ecology in Grenada.

Summary

Examines the largely unexplored topics in Caribbean archaeology of looting of heritage sites, fraudulent artifacts, and illicit trade of archaeological materials. This is the first book-length study of its kind to highlight the increasing commodification of Caribbean Precolumbian heritage.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan A. Hanna, Joanna Ostapkowicz
• Assisted by: Jonathan A Hanna (Editor), Jonathan A. Hanna (Editor), Joanna Ostapkowicz (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues_UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780817320874
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-2087-4
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Caribbean Archaeology and Ethn; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book