LOOTING THE ANTIQUITIES OF MALI - THE STORY CONTINUES AT GAO

Authors
INSOLL T
Citation
T. Insoll, LOOTING THE ANTIQUITIES OF MALI - THE STORY CONTINUES AT GAO, Antiquity, 67(256), 1993, pp. 628-632
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Archaeology,Archaeology
Journal title
Antiquity → ACNP
ISSN journal
0003598X
Volume
67
Issue
256
Year of publication
1993
Pages
628 - 632
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-598X(1993)67:256<628:LTAOM->2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
A further report on what is being snatched away of the antiquities of Mali. The usual story the world over is of export to cash-rich western collectors, and this is something different, the archaeological site as quarry of recycled materials that are treated by another scale of v alues.