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Economic Aspects of Commercial Archaeology in Costa Rica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Dwight B. Heath
Dwight B. Heath*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Brown University
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Abstract

Illicit excavation of archaeological materials for sale to collectors and museums is widespread and damaging. Details on the scale of this activity in Costa Rica are discussed, as well as various ways in which it affects the economy and life-style of the contemporary population.

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Articles
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , July 1973 , pp. 259 - 265
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1973

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