The ethics of collecting cultural property : whose culture? whose property? / edited by Phyllis Mauch Messenger ; foreword by Brian Fagan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Perspectives of the "victims" : case studies -- A philosophical perspective on the ethics and resolution of cultural property issues / Karen J. Warren -- Ancestral sites, shrines, and graves : Native American perspectives on the ethics of collecting cultural properties / Deborah L. Nichols, Anthony L. Klesert, Roger Anyon -- Profiteers and public archaeology : antiquities trafficking in Arkansas / Ann M. Early -- The battle for the Maya past : the effects of international looting and collecting in Belize / David M. Pendergast and Elizabeth Graham -- Considering the perspective of the victim : the antiquities of Nepal / David Sassoon -- The murals of Teotihaucán : a case study of negotiated restitution / Thomas K. Selignam -- Commentary / Cristy Hohman-Caine -- Pt. 2. The cultural stewardship question : looking for options -- The museum and cultural property : the transformation of institutional ethics / Alan Shestack -- Collecting pre-Columbian art / Gillett G. Griffin -- International control efforts : are there any good solutions? / Ellen Herscher -- U.S. implementation of the UNESCO Cultural Property Convention / Ann Guthrie Hingston -- Commentary / Orrin C. Shane, III -- Pt. 3. Cultural property regulations : perceptions and conditions -- From the collector's perspective : the legality of importing pre-Columbian art and artifacts / Leo J. Harris -- what is "stolen"? : the McClain case revisited / Douglas C. Ewing -- The need for enforcing regulations on the international art trade / Charles S. Koczka -- Cultural property and national sovereignty / Jaime Litvak King -- Commentary / Karen J. Warren -- Pt. 4. Working out differences : round table and conclusion -- Highlights of a round table discussion and some recent developments in the cultural heritage arena / Phyllis Mauch Messenger -- Conclusion : working together to preserve our past / George E. Stuart -- Epilogue / Phyllis Mauch Messenger -- Appendix 1. Some domestic and international laws and regulations and their enforcers -- 2. Codes of ethics -- 3. Some organizations and resources related to archaeology and culutral heritage issues