Journal article
The Importance of Archaeological Provenance
The Biblical archaeology review, Vol.44(5), p.6
09/01/2018
Abstract
Cargill tackles one of the major issues affecting archaeology which is the lack of provenance with regard to archaeological objects. Archaeological provenance refers to the verifiable information regarding the origin of an archaeological object--the dig site or location in which it was discovered, its locus, stratum, dating, etc., as well as its chain of custody. Conversely, an unprovenanced object is an object whose origin and chain of custody is unknown or partially unknown. These objects may have been looted from an archaeological site, forged, or otherwise acquired, legally or illegally, by a private collector. Once the archaeological context of an object is lost, it is worth far less academically, as it can no longer reliably tell us anything about the people who made it.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Importance of Archaeological Provenance
- Creators
- Robert Cargill
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Biblical archaeology review, Vol.44(5), p.6
- ISSN
- 0098-9444
- Publisher
- Biblical Archaeology Society
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2018
- Academic Unit
- Classics
- Record Identifier
- 9984398325602771
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