{"product_id":"real-recent-or-replica-precolumbian-caribbean-heritage-as-art-commodity-and-inspiration-caribbean-archaeology-and-ethnohistory-9780817320874","title":"Real Recent or Replica Precolumbian Caribbean","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamines 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn unprecedented exploration of the furtive practices of collecting, faking, and looting as they entangle the scholarly study of Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory. Local in focus but global in impact, the book has much to teach us about the consequences and unintended consequences of public policy's embrace of cultural heritage.\" - Neil Brodie, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eIllicit Antiquities: The Theft of Culture and the Extinction of Archaeolog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eReal, Recent, or Replica\u003c\/i\u003e raises important questions and contributes to anthropological perspectives on the entangled and complicated history of collecting, looting, fakes, replicas, authenticity, and cultural heritage. It is encouraging to see that archaeologists in the Caribbean are thinking about these issues.\" - Mary Jane Berman, Miami University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeter E. Siegel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoanna Ostapkowicz and Jonathan A. Hanna\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Precolumbian Caribbean Heritage in Flux, the Old and the Not So Old\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoanna Ostapkowicz and Jonathan A. Hanna\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Caribbean Indigenous Art Past, Present, Future: The View from the Greater Antilles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoanna Ostapkowicz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Archaeological Heritage Market and Museums in the Dominican Republic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArlene Alvarez, Corinne L. Hofman, and Mariana C. FranÇozo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. The Vibrancy of 'TaÍno'-Themed Arts and Crafts: Identity and Symbolism in Modern and Postmodern BorikÉn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJosÉ R. Oliver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Jamaican Cultural Material: Pilfered and Forged\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLesley-Gail Atkinson Swaby\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Spice Isle Sculptures: Antiquities and Iconography in Grenada, West Indies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJonathan A. Hanna\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Genuine Reproductions: Ethics, Practicalities, and Problems in Creating a Replica of a Zemi from Carriacou, Grenada, West Indies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn G. Swogger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Fakes, Copies, and Replicas in Cuban Archaeology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoberto ValcÁrcel Rojas, Vernon James Knight, Elena Guarch RodrÍguez, and Menno L. P. Hoogland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. 'Seem[ing] Authentic[ity]': Irving Rouse on Forgeries, a Museological Perspective\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoanna Ostapkowicz and Roger Colten\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Authenticity, Preservation, and Care in Central American Indigenous Material Culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlexander Geurds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Reducing the Market for Illicit Cultural Objects: The Caribbean and Beyond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDonna Yates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue: Real, Recent, Replica (Confessions of an Archaeologist\/Curator\/Puerto Rican)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eL. Antonio Curet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix: An Overview of the Laws Governing Archaeological Heritage in the English- and Spanish-Speaking Caribbean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmanda Byer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences Cited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577622499671,"sku":"9780817320874","price":51.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780817320874.jpg?v=1746095983","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/real-recent-or-replica-precolumbian-caribbean-heritage-as-art-commodity-and-inspiration-caribbean-archaeology-and-ethnohistory-9780817320874","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}