The Fundamental Importance of Archaeological Context

Fincham, D. (2009) ‘The Fundamental Importance of Archaeological Context’, in N. Charney (ed.) Art and Crime: Exploring the dark side of the art world, (Westport: Greenwood Publishing), 1-12

This piece offers some reasons why law and law enforcement agencies should be spending their resources on the preservation of our collective past.

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