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La Comercializaciόn Del Patrimonio ArqueolόgiconumismáticoSumergido: Reflexiones En Torno Al Criterio De Monedas Repetidas y Otros Anacronismos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Nicolás C. Ciarlo
Nicolás C. Ciarlo*
Affiliation:
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET) - Programa de Arqueologia Historica y Estudios Pluridisciplinarios, Departamento de Ciencias Sociale, Universidad Nacional de Lujan (ProArHEPUNLu) - Grupo de Arqueometalurgia, Facultad de Ingeniena, Universidad de Buenos Aires nciarlo@yahoo.com.ar
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Los naufragios y parte desu carga continiian siendo objeto de actividades de salvamento y comercializaciόn, que traicionan los principios éticos de la conservatiόn e investigation del patrimonio cultural. Detrás del cumplimiento de ciertos estándares metodolόgicos, la participation de profesionales, el aval de algunos gobiernos y el aplauso del público, la principal motivatiόn de dichas actividades yace en la obtenciόn de un rádito econόmico, mediante la subasta de un acervo patrimonial no renovable. En este trabajo se expone una critica a los principios que rigen estas actividades, con especial atenciόn en los naufragios y las colecciones de monedas. Sobre la base de cuestiones eticas, epistemologicas y técnicas, se presentan los lineamientos fundamentales de un modelo centrado en la investigation, puesta en valor y preservatiόn a largo plazo de los artefactos.

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Shipwrecks and their cargo are still prey to salvaging and commercialization activities that betray the ethical principles of cultural heritage preservation and research. Beneath a surface of compliance with methodological standards, professional involvement, governmental support, and public acclaim, the main motivation is economic profit, in many cases through the auctioning of non-renewable heritage resources. This paper presents a critical review of the principles that govern such activities, with a focus on shipwrecks and coin hoards. Based on ethical, epistemological, and technical considerations within archaeology, this paper proposes fundamental guidelines for a model focused on research and the recognition of the value and long-term conservation of the artifacts.

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Latin American Antiquity , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , March 2016 , pp. 36 - 50
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 2016

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