Another of the archeological anti-collecting crusaders
goes on record playing the "social conscience" card. Instead of blaming collectors for looting,
the needs of conservation would be better served if archeologists addressed the abject poverty that motivates looting, by employing local diggers paid a living wage, paying for site guards in the long off-season, and ensuring significant items they find stay and get displayed in local communities rather than being packed off to store rooms in some far off national museum. And yes, really what's wrong with selling off some duplicates for the benefit of the local community and collectors after they have been properly recorded?
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