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As Saddam Hussein's government fell in April 2003, news accounts
detailed the pillage of Iraq's National Museum. The museum's
looting grabbed headlines worldwide and public attention briefly
focused on Iraq's threatened cultural heritage. Less dramatic,
though far more devastating, was the subsequent epidemic of looting
at thousands of archaeological sites around the country. Illegal
digging on a massive scale continues to this day, virtually
unchecked, with Iraq's ten thousand officially recognized sites
being destroyed at a rate of roughly 10 percent per year. This book
contains the first full published account of the disasters that
have befallen Iraq's cultural heritage, and it analyzes why the
array of laws and international conventions; the advocacy efforts
of cultural heritage organizations; and the military planning and
implementation of cultural protection operations all failed, and
continue to fail, to prevent massive and irreversible loss. Looking
forward, the book identifies new planning procedures, policy
mechanisms, and implementation strategies capable of succeeding, so
the mistakes of Iraq will not be replicated in other regions in
crisis whose cultural heritage are at risk. Both archaeologists and
policy-makers will benefit from this detailed study.
As Saddam Hussein's government fell in April 2003, news accounts
detailed the pillage of Iraq's National Museum. The museum's
looting grabbed headlines worldwide and public attention briefly
focused on Iraq's threatened cultural heritage. Less dramatic,
though far more devastating, was the subsequent epidemic of looting
at thousands of archaeological sites around the country. Illegal
digging on a massive scale continues to this day, virtually
unchecked, with Iraq's ten thousand officially recognized sites
being destroyed at a rate of roughly 10 percent per year. This book
contains the first full published account of the disasters that
have befallen Iraq's cultural heritage, and it analyzes why the
array of laws and international conventions; the advocacy efforts
of cultural heritage organizations; and the military planning and
implementation of cultural protection operations all failed, and
continue to fail, to prevent massive and irreversible loss. Looking
forward, the book identifies new planning procedures, policy
mechanisms, and implementation strategies capable of succeeding, so
the mistakes of Iraq will not be replicated in other regions in
crisis whose cultural heritage are at risk. Both archaeologists and
policy-makers will benefit from this detailed study.
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