Publications
The following is a reference list of academic publications written by members and Friends of the Trafficking Culture project. Publications are listed in reverse date order (i.e. newest at the top). Downloadable pdf files are present when available. Further details about these publications can be viewed by clicking on their respective titles. We ask that anyone using this material cites it appropriately.
Yates, D. (2025) Marketing, Narratives, and Consumer Desire within Auction Catalogs of Cultural Objects. Advances in Archaeological Practice. 13(1): 17–30.
Bērziņa, D. (2025) ‘Cultivating desire: touch and transgressive thrill in the art fair’, Advances in Archaeological Practice, pp. 1–14.
Mackenzie, S. (2025) ‘What deters antiquities looting and trafficking?’, Advances in Archaeological Practice.
Mackenzie, S. and Davis, T. (2025) ‘Looting and conflict in Cambodia: The Latchford case’, in Saloul, I. and Baillie, B. (eds.) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cultural Heritage and Conflict. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1–9.
Smith, E. (2025) ‘Scholarly facilitation of the illicit trade in cultural objects: providing a veneer of legitimacy’, Advances in Archaeological Practice, pp. 1–16.
Brodie, N. (2025) ‘Examination of Archaeological Attitudes toward the Publication of Unprovenanced Antiquities: The Example of Ancient Arms and Armor’, Advances in Archaeological Practice, pp. 1–18.
Kannawi, A., Al Quntar, S., Gahli, D. and Brodie, N. (2024) ‘The lion statue of Ain Dara: Revealing the fate of an icon of Syrian archaeology looted during the conflict’, International Journal of Cultural Property, 31(2), pp. 154–176.
Mackenzie, S., Yates, D., Hübschle, A. and Bērziņa, D. (2024) ‘Irregularly regulated collecting markets: antiquities, fossils, and wildlife’, Crime, Law and Social Change, 82, pp. 1111–1130.
De Jong, A.M., Iyer, A. and Yates, D. (2024) ‘Heritage and criminal sanctions’, in Blake, C. and Atalay, L. (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Heritage and the Law, Routledge, London, pp. 369–380.
Walters, H., Yates, D., Mackenzie, S. and Bērziņa, D. (2025) ‘Ritual misdeeds and dutiful transgressions: the agency of sacred fossils in matters of theft’, Nature and Culture, 1, pp. 55–76.
Yates, D. and Peacock, E. (2024) ‘T. rex is fierce, T. rex is charismatic, T. rex is litigious: disruptive objects in affective desirescapes’, The International Journal of Cultural Property, 4, pp. 396–418.
Yates, D. and Peacock, E. (2024) ‘The artification of fossils in commercial art spaces: dinosaurs in a desirescape’, The Journal of Material Culture, 3, pp. 287–310.
Bērziņa, D. (2024) ‘Between Crime and Commemoration: Human–Object Relationships in the Treasure Hunting for World War II Objects’, Critical Criminology, pp. 139–153.
Brodie, N. (2023) ‘Academic “ethics” and the Schøyen Collection Aramaic incantation bowls: a personal narrative’, Levant, 55(3), pp. 325–339.
Yates, D. and London, H. (2023) ‘The Museum of Confiscated Art, Brest, Belarus’, in Lynes, A., Kelly, C. and Treadwell, J. (eds) 50 Dark Destinations: Crime and Contemporary Tourism. Bristol: Bristol University Press, pp. 182–286.
Palombo, C. and Yates, D. (2023) ‘Digital transit ports for the illicit trade in antiquities: the case of the “Afghan Genizah”’, Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 1, pp. 257–276.
Yates, D. and Graham, S. (2023) ‘Reputation laundering and museum collections: patterns, priorities, provenance, and hidden crime’, International Journal of Heritage Studies, 2, pp. 145–164.
Yates, D. and Brodie, N. (2023) ‘The illicit trade in antiquities is not the world’s third-largest illicit trade: a critical evaluation of a factoid’, Antiquity, 394, pp. 991–1003.
Yates, D. and Bērziņa, D. (2023) ‘Affective atmosphere in an art fair jewel heist’, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 31, pp. 99–121.