Pothunting in the global village : a survey approach for collecting and standardizing site destruction data for use in an international data base

Abstract

Looting, and the resulting illicit trade in antiquities, is big business. This paper develops a framework for a simple, effective survey approach which, when adapted regionally via the use of specialized question formats ('overlays'), can be used to monitor global looting. More important, the resulting data establish a benchmark and encourage discussion of broad-ranging legal and educational reforms.