Publications
The following is a reference list of academic publications written by members and Friends of the Trafficking Culture project. Publications are listed in reverse date order (i.e. newest at the top). Downloadable pdf files are present when available. Further details about these publications can be viewed by clicking on their respective titles. We ask that anyone using this material cites it appropriately.
Yates, D. (2025) Marketing, Narratives, and Consumer Desire within Auction Catalogs of Cultural Objects. Advances in Archaeological Practice. 13(1): 17–30.
Bērziņa, D. (2025) ‘Cultivating desire: touch and transgressive thrill in the art fair’, Advances in Archaeological Practice, pp. 1–14.
Brodie, N. (2025) ‘Examination of Archaeological Attitudes toward the Publication of Unprovenanced Antiquities: The Example of Ancient Arms and Armor’, Advances in Archaeological Practice, pp. 1–18.
Smith, E. (2025) ‘Scholarly facilitation of the illicit trade in cultural objects: providing a veneer of legitimacy’, Advances in Archaeological Practice, pp. 1–16.
Mackenzie, S. (2025) ‘What deters antiquities looting and trafficking?’, Advances in Archaeological Practice.
Walters, H., Yates, D., Mackenzie, S. and Bērziņa, D. (2025) ‘Ritual misdeeds and dutiful transgressions: the agency of sacred fossils in matters of theft’, Nature and Culture, 1, pp. 55–76.
Mackenzie, S. and Davis, T. (2025) ‘Looting and conflict in Cambodia: The Latchford case’, in Saloul, I. and Baillie, B. (eds.) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cultural Heritage and Conflict. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1–9.
Mackenzie, S., Yates, D., Hübschle, A. and Bērziņa, D. (2024) ‘Irregularly regulated collecting markets: antiquities, fossils, and wildlife’, Crime, Law and Social Change, 82, pp. 1111–1130.
Yates, D. and Peacock, E. (2024) ‘The artification of fossils in commercial art spaces: dinosaurs in a desirescape’, The Journal of Material Culture, 3, pp. 287–310.
Yates, D. and Peacock, E. (2024) ‘T. rex is fierce, T. rex is charismatic, T. rex is litigious: disruptive objects in affective desirescapes’, The International Journal of Cultural Property, 4, pp. 396–418.
Kannawi, A., Al Quntar, S., Gahli, D. and Brodie, N. (2024) ‘The lion statue of Ain Dara: Revealing the fate of an icon of Syrian archaeology looted during the conflict’, International Journal of Cultural Property, 31(2), pp. 154–176.
De Jong, A.M., Iyer, A. and Yates, D. (2024) ‘Heritage and criminal sanctions’, in Blake, C. and Atalay, L. (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Heritage and the Law, Routledge, London, pp. 369–380.
Bērziņa, D. (2024) 'Between Crime and Commemoration: Human–Object Relationships in the Treasure Hunting for World War II Objects', Critical Criminology, pp. 139–153.
Brodie, N. (2023) ‘Academic ‘ethics’ and the Schøyen Collection Aramaic incantation bowls: a personal narrative’, Levant, 55(3), pp. 325–339.
Brodie, N., Kersel, M.M. and Rasmussen, J.M. (2023) ‘Introduction: variant scholarship’, in Brodie, N., Kersel, M.M. and Rasmussen, J.M. (eds) Variant Scholarship: Ancient Texts in Modern Contexts. Leiden: Sidestone, pp. 13–19.
Brodie, N. (2023) ‘Noxious scholarship? Publishing unprovenanced cuneiform tablets from Iraq’, in Brodie, N., Kersel, M.M. and Rasmussen, J.M. (eds) Variant Scholarship: Ancient Texts in Modern Contexts. Leiden: Sidestone, pp. 95–112.
Brodie, N. (2023) ‘Standing Caliph coins from Syria: probably looted and on the market’, in Finkel, I., Fraser, J.A. and Simpson, S.J. (eds) ‘To Aleppo Gone …’ Essays in Honour of Jonathan N. Tubb. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 175–180.
Yates, D. and Graham, S. (2023) ‘Reputation laundering and museum collections: patterns, priorities, provenance, and hidden crime’, International Journal of Heritage Studies, 2, pp. 145–164.
Brodie, N. (2023) ‘Academic “ethics” and the Schøyen Collection Aramaic incantation bowls: a personal narrative’, Levant, 55(3), pp. 325–339.
Smith, E. and Thompson, E.L. (2023) ‘A case study of academic facilitation of the global illicit trade in cultural objects: Mary Slusser in Nepal’, International Journal of Cultural Property, pp. 1–20.
Yates, D. and Brodie, N. (2023) ‘The illicit trade in antiquities is not the world's third-largest illicit trade: a critical evaluation of a factoid’, Antiquity, 394, pp. 991–1003.
Yates, D. and Bērziņa, D. (2023) ‘Affective atmosphere in an art fair jewel heist’, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 31, pp. 99–121.
Graham, S., Yates, D. and El-Roby, A. (2023) ‘Investigating antiquities trafficking with generative pre-trained transformer (GPT)-3 enabled knowledge graphs: a case study’, Open Research Europe, 3(100).
Graham, S., Yates, D., El-Roby, A., Brousseau, C., Ellens, J. and McDermott, C. (2023) ‘Relationship prediction in a knowledge graph embedding model of the illicit antiquities trade’, Advances in Archaeological Practice, 11(2), pp. 126–138.
Yates, D. and London, H. (2023) ‘The Museum of Confiscated Art, Brest, Belarus’, in Lynes, A., Kelly, C. and Treadwell, J. (eds) 50 Dark Destinations: Crime and Contemporary Tourism. Bristol: Bristol University Press, pp. 182–286.
Palombo, C. and Yates, D. (2023) ‘Digital transit ports for the illicit trade in antiquities: the case of the “Afghan Genizah”’, Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 1, pp. 257–276.
Isber, S., Abdo, R. and Brodie, N. (2022) ‘Some new evidence documenting the involvement of Da’esh in Syria with the illicit trade in antiquities’, Journal of East Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage, 10(2), pp. 115–136.
Brodie, N. (2022) ‘The looting and trafficking of Syrian antiquities since 2011’, in Hashemi, L. and Shelley, L. (eds) Antiquities Smuggling: In the Real and the Virtual World. London: Routledge, pp. 21–58.
Yates, D. and Bērziņa, D. (2022) 'Criminological frameworks for understanding Mexican antiquities in contemporary European auctions', in Pérez-Prat Durbán, L. and Ruiz, Z. (eds) EL EXPOLIO DE BIENES CULTURALES. Huelva: Universidad de Huelva.
Brodie, N. and Yates, D. (2022) ‘Money laundering and antiquities’, Transfer, 1, pp. 97–109.
Yates, D. (2022) ‘Review of: Stephen Houston (ed.), A Maya Universe in Stone, Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2021’, CAA Reviews.
Yates, D. (2022) ‘Creative compliance, neutralization techniques, and palaeontological ethics’, The Geological Curator, 11(7), pp. 428–435.
Yates, D. and Rausch, C. (2022) 'Private art businesses and organized crime', in The Private Sector and Organized Crime. London: Routledge, pp. 210–223.
Yates, D. (2022) ‘What auction catalogue analysis cannot tell us about the market’, in Fabiani, M.D., Burmon, K.M. and Hufnagel, S. (eds) Global Perspectives on Cultural Property Crime. London: Routledge.
Yates, D. and Smith, E. (2022) ‘Museums and the market: passive facilitation of the illicit trade in antiquities’, in Stevenson, A. (ed.) Handbook of Museum Archaeology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 87–97.
Oosterman, N. and Yates, D. (eds.) (2022) Art crime in context. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Mackenzie, S. (2022) ‘Criminology towards the metaverse: cryptocurrency scams, grey economy and the technosocial’, The British Journal of Criminology, 62.
Brodie, N. (2021) 'Die Stele von Tell Sheikh Hamad', in Hemeier, B. and Sabrine, I. (eds) Kulturraub – Fallbeispiele aus Syrien, Irak, Jemen, Ägypten und Libyen, Berlin: Museum für Islamische Kunst/Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, pp. 101–106.
Brodie, N. (2021) ‘Cuneiform exceptionalism? Justifying the study and publication of unprovenanced cuneiform tablets from Iraq’, in Oosterman, N. and Yates, D. (eds) Crime and art: sociological and criminological perspectives of crimes in the art world, Springer, pp. 103–118.
Yates, D. (2021) 'Crime and its objects: Human/object relationships and the market for illicit Latin American antiquities', Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez, 51(2), pp. 307–312.
Mackenzie, S., Hübschle, A. and Yates, D. (2021) 'Global trade in stolen culture and nature as neocolonial hegemony', in Blaustein, J., Fitz-Gibbon, K., Pino, N.W. and White, R. (eds) The Emerald Handbook of Crime, Justice and Sustainable Development, Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 419–436.
Brodie, N., Kersel, M.M., Mackenzie, S., Sabrine, I., Smith, E. and Yates, D. (2021) 'Why there is still an illicit trade in cultural objects and what we can do about it', Journal of Field Archaeology, 46(4), pp. 1–16. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2021.1996979.
Yates, D., Bērziņa, D. and Wright, A. (2021) 'Protecting a Broken Window: Vandalism and Security at Rural Rock Art Sites', The Professional Geographer, Epub ahead of print, pp. 1-7.
Yates, D. (2021) 'Investigating antiquities trafficking', Global Investigative Journalism Network, 20 September: online.
Yates, D. (2021) 'Shaligram pilgrimage in the Nepal Himalayas', Material Religion. DOI: 10.1080/17432200.2021.1947036.
Oosterman, N., Mackenzie, S. and Yates, D. (2021) 'Regulating the wild west: symbolic security bubbles and white collar crime in the art market', Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime, pp. 1–9.
Mackenzie, S. and Bērziņa, D. (2021) ‘NFTs: Digital things and their criminal lives’, Crime, Media, Culture, 17(4), pp. 527–542.
Yates, D. and Bērziņa, D. (2020) 'Regulating the “grey” antiquities market: What works, what does not and a way forward', in Opportunities and Challenges of the Art and Antiques Market Management, Riga: The National Heritage Board of Latvia, pp. 73–84.
Mackenzie, S. and Yates, D. (2020) 'Researching the structure of the illicit antiquities trade', in Tompkins, A. (ed.) Provenance Research Today: Principles, Practice, Problems, London: Lund Humphries.
Brodie, N. (2020) 'What is this thing called the PAS? Metal-detecting entanglements in England and Wales', Revista d’Arqueologia de Ponent, 30, pp. 85–100.
Brodie, N. (2020) 'Restorative justice? Questions arising out of the Hobby Lobby return of cuneiform tablets to Iraq', Revista Memória em Rede, 12, pp. 87–109.
Mackenzie, S. and Yates, D. (2020) 'Crime, corruption, and collateral damage: Large infrastructure projects as a threat to cultural heritage', in Lo, T.W., Siegel, D. and Kwok, S.I. (eds) Organized Crime and Corruption Across Borders: Exploring the Belt and Road Initiative, London: Routledge.
Yates, D. (2020) '"Community justice," ancestral rights, and lynching in rural Bolivia', Race and Justice, 10(1), pp. 3–19.
Atkinson, C., Yates, D. and Brooke, N. (2020) 'Now that you mention it, museums probably are a target: museums, terrorism and security in the United Kingdom', Museum Management and Curatorship, 35(2), pp. 109–124.
Yates, D. and Smith, E. (2019) 'Antiquities trafficking and the provenance problem', in Milosch, J. and Pearce, N. (eds) Collecting and Provenance: A Multidisciplinary Approach, London: Rowman & Littlefield.
Brodie, N. (2019) 'The “art world” of the auction houses: The role of professional experts', Arts, 8(2), p. 56.
Yates, D. (2019) 'Failures and consequences of anti-antiquities trafficking policy in Mesoamerica', in Tremain, C. and Yates, D. (eds) The Market for Mesoamerica: Reflections on the Sale and Acquisition of Pre-Columbian Collections, Gainesville: University Press Florida.
Brodie, N. (2019) 'Through a Glass, Darkly: Long-Term Antiquities Auction Data in Context', International Journal of Cultural Property, 26(3), pp. 265–283.
Welch, J.R., Yates, D. and others (2019) 'Hope in Dirt: Report of the Fort Apache Workshop on Forensic Sedimentology Applications to Cultural Property Crime, 15–19 October 2018', International Journal of Cultural Property, 26(2), pp. 197–210.
Atkinson, C., Yates, D. and Brooke, N. (2019) 'Researching a Risky Business? The Use of Freedom of Information to Explore Counterterrorism Security at Museums in the United Kingdom', Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2019.1647682.
Yates, D. (2019) 'Cultural Heritage Offences in Latin America: Textile Traffickers, Mummy Mailers, Silver Smugglers, and Virgin Vandals', in Hufnagel, S. and Chappell, D. (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook on Art Crime, London: Routledge, pp. 483–501.
Tremain, C.G. and Yates, D. (eds.) (2019) The Market for Mesoamerica: Reflections on the Sale of Pre-Columbian Antiquities. Gainesville: University Press of Florida.
Brodie, N. (2019) 'The Criminal Organization of the Transnational Trade in Cultural Objects: Two Case Studies', in Hufnagel, S. and Chappell, D. (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook on Art Crime, London: Routledge, pp. 439–461.
Mackenzie, S. (2019) 'White-Collar Crime, Organised Crime and the Challenges of Doing Research on Art Crime', in Hufnagel, S. and Chappell, D. (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook on Art Crime, London: Routledge, pp. 839–853.
Davis, T. and Mackenzie, S. (2019) 'The International Politics of Cultural Heritage Crime in Cambodia: Past, Present and Future', in Hufnagel, S. and Chappell, D. (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook on Art Crime, London: Routledge, pp. 751–767.
Brodie, N. (2018), ‘The Illicit Antiquities Research Centre: afterthoughts and aftermaths’, in Elizabeth Simpson (ed.), The Adventure of the Illustrious Scholar: Papers Presented to Oscar White Muscarella. Leiden: Brill, 719-733.
Brodie, N. (2018) ‘The Illicit Antiquities Research Centre: afterthoughts and aftermaths’, in E. Simpson (ed.), The Adventure of the Illustrious Scholar: Papers Presented to Oscar White Muscarella, Leiden: Brill, pp. 719–733.
Brodie, N. and Sabrine, I. (2018) ‘The illegal excavation and trade of Syrian cultural objects: A view from the ground’, Journal of Field Archaeology, 43(1), pp. 74–84.
Yates, D. and Mackenzie, S. (2018) 'Heritage, crisis, and community crime prevention in Nepal', International Journal of Cultural Property, 25(2), pp. 203–221.
Brodie, N. (2017) 'Virtually gone! The Internet market in antiquities', in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Experts on the Return of Cultural Property. Seoul: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, pp. 190–204.
Brodie, N. (2017), 'How to Control the Internet Market in Antiquities? The Need for Regulation and Monitoring', Antiquities Coalition Policy Brief No 3., July.
Brodie, N. (2017) ‘The role of conservators in facilitating the theft and trafficking of cultural objects: the case of a seized Libyan statue’, Libyan Studies, 48, pp. 117–123.
Brodie, N. and Manivet, P. (2017) 'Cylinder Seal Sales at Sotheby’s and Christie’s (1985–2013)', Journal of Art Crime, pp. 3–16.
Tsirogiannis, C. (2017) 'Museum ethics and the Toledo Museum of Art', Journal of Art Crime, Spring.
Yates, D., Mackenzie, S. and Smith, E. (2017) 'The cultural capitalists: Notes on the ongoing reconfiguration of trafficking culture in Asia', Crime, Media, Culture, 13(2), pp. 245–254.
Mackenzie, S. and Yates, D. (2016) 'What is Grey about the "Grey Market" in Antiquities', in Beckert, J. and Dewey, M. (eds) The Architecture of Illegal Markets: Towards an Economic Sociology of Illegality in the Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Brodie, N. (2016) 'Scholarly Engagement with Collections of Unprovenanced Ancient Texts', in Almqvist, K. and L. Belfrage (eds), Cultural Heritage at Risk (Stockholm: Ax:son Johnson Foundation), pp. 123–142.
Tsirogiannis, C. (2016) 'Prompt in Theory and Delay in Practice: a case study in museum ethics', AP: Online Journal in Public Archaeology, 6, pp. 12-25.
Mackenzie, S. and Yates, D. (2016) 'Trafficking Cultural Objects and Human Rights', in Weber, L., Fishwick, E. and Marmo, M. (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Criminology and Human Rights. London: Routledge.
Tsirogiannis, C. (2016) 'False Closure? Known Unknowns in Repatriated Antiquities Cases', International Journal of Cultural Property, 23(4), pp. 407–431.
Yates, D. (2016) ‘The global traffic in looted cultural objects’, in Rafter, N. and Carribine, E. (eds.) The Oxford Encyclopedia of Crime, Media, and Popular Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Mackenzie, S. & Yates, D. (2016) 'Collectors on illicit collecting: Higher loyalties and other techniques of neutralization in the unlawful collecting of rare and precious orchids and antiquities', Theoretical Criminology, 20(3), pp. 340–357.
Tsirogiannis, C. (2016) 'Mapping the Supply: Usual Suspects and Identified Antiquities in "Reputable" Auction Houses in 2013', Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueología, 25 (2015), pp. 107–144.
Tsirogiannis, C. (2016) 'Reasons to Doubt: Misleading Assertions in the London Antiquities Market', Journal of Art Crime, Spring, pp. 67–72.
Tsirogiannis, C. (2016) 'Attitudes in Transit: Symes Material from Market to Source', Journal of Art Crime, Spring, pp. 79–86.
Tsirogiannis, C. & Tsirogiannis, C. (2016) ‘Uncovering the Hidden Routes: Algorithms for Identifying Paths and Missing Links in Trade Networks’, in Brughmans, T., Collar, A. & Coward, F. (eds.) The Connected Past: Challenges to Network Studies in Archaeology and History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 103–120.
Yates, D. (2016) 'Museums, collectors, and value manipulation: tax fraud through donation of antiquities', Journal of Financial Crime, 23(1).
Brodie, N. (2015) 'Archaeological and Criminological Approaches to Studying the Antiquities Trade: A Comparison of the Illicit Antiquities Research Centre and the Trafficking Culture Project', Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueología, 25, pp. 99–215.
Brodie, N. (2015) 'Why is No One Talking about Libya's Cultural Destruction', Near Eastern Archaeology, 78(3), pp. 212–217.
Tsirogiannis, C. (2015) '"Due Diligence"? Christie’s Antiquities Auction, London, October 2015', Journal of Art Crime, pp. 27–37.
Yates, D. (2015) 'Illicit Cultural Property from Latin America: Looting, Trafficking, and Sale', in Desmarais, F. (ed.) Countering Illicit Traffic in Cultural Goods: The Global Challenge of Protecting the World’s Heritage. Paris: ICOM.
Mackenzie, S. (2015) 'Do we need a Kimberley Process for the Illicit Antiquities Trade? Some lessons to learn from a comparative review of transnational criminal markets and their regulation', in Desmarais, F. (ed.) Countering Illicit Traffic in Cultural Goods: The Global Challenge of Protecting the World’s Heritage. Paris: ICOM.
Brodie, N. (2015) 'The Internet Market in Antiquities', in Desmarais, F. (ed.) Countering Illicit Traffic in Cultural Goods: The Global Challenge of Protecting the World’s Heritage. Paris: ICOM.
Yates, D. (2015) 'Value and doubt: The persuasive power of "authenticity" in the antiquities market', PARSE, 2, pp. 71–84.
Brodie, N. (2015) 'Syria and its Regional Neighbors: A Case of Cultural Property Protection Policy Failure?', International Journal of Cultural Property, 22(2–3), pp. 317–335.
Yates, D. (2015) 'Reality and Practicality: Challenges to Effective Cultural Property Policy on the Ground in Latin America', International Journal of Cultural Property, 22(2–3), pp. 337–356.
Yates, D. (2015), 'Trafficking Culture', History Today, June Issue.
Tsirogiannis, C. (2015) 'Nekyia: Duplicates and the Antiquities Market', Journal of Art Crime, 12, pp. 81–88.
Lambert, M. and Yates, D. (2015) 'Crime, Controversy and the Comments Section: Discussing archaeological looting, trafficking, and the illicit antiquities trade online', Internet Archaeology, 39.
Brodie, N. (2014) 'Thinking Some More about the Sevso Treasure', Journal of Art Crime, 12, pp. 3–12.
Brodie, N. (2014) 'Auction houses and the antiquities trade', in Choulia-Kapeloni, S. (ed.) 3rd International Conference of Experts on the Return of Cultural Property. Athens: Archaeological Receipts Fund, pp. 71–82.
Brodie, N. (2014) ‘The antiquities trade: four case studies’, in Chappell, D. and Hufnagel, S. (eds.) Contemporary Perspectives on the Detection, Investigation and Prosecution of Art Crime. Oxford: Ashgate, pp. 15–36.
Brodie, N. (2014) ‘The Internet market in Precolumbian antiquities’, in Kila, J. and Balcells, M. (eds.) Cultural Property Crime: An Overview and Analysis on Contemporary Perspectives and Trends. Leiden: Brill, pp. 237–262.
Tsirogiannis, C. and Gill, D. (2014) '"A Fracture in Time": A Cup Attributed to the Euaion Painter from the Bothmer Collection', International Journal of Cultural Property, 21, pp. 465–480.
Davis, T. and Mackenzie, S. (2014) 'Crime and Conflict: Temple Looting in Cambodia', in Kila, J. and Balcells, M. (eds) Cultural Property Crimes: An Overview and Analysis on Contemporary Perspectives and Trends. Leiden: Brill, pp. 292–306.
Brodie, N. and Kersel, M.M. (2014) 'WikiLeaks, Text, and Archaeology: The Case of the Schøyen Incantation Bowls', in Rutz, M.T. and Kersel, M.M. (eds.) Archaeology of Text: Archaeology, Technology, and Ethics. Philadelphia: Oxbow, pp. 198–213.
Mackenzie, S. and Davis, T. (2014) ‘Temple looting in Cambodia: anatomy of a statue trafficking network’, British Journal of Criminology, 54, pp. 722–740.
Thomas, S. (2014) ‘Movement of cultural objects in and through Finland: an analysis in a regional context’, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research.
Thomas, S. (2014) ‘Comments on Josephine Munch Rasmussen: “Securing cultural heritage objects and fencing stolen goods? A case study on museums and metal detecting in Norway”’, Norwegian Archaeological Review, 47(2), pp. 196–199.
Yates, D. (2014) ‘Displacement, deforestation, and drugs: antiquities trafficking and the narcotics support economies of Guatemala’. In: Kila, J. and Balcells, M. (eds.) Cultural Property Crimes: an overview and analysis on contemporary perspectives and trends. Leiden: Brill, pp. 23–36.
Brodie, N. and Mackenzie, S. (2014) ‘Trafficking cultural objects: introduction’, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, [early online publication].
Brodie, N. (2014) ‘Provenance and price: autoregulation of the antiquities market?’, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, [early online publication].
Brodie, N. (2014) 'Aramaic incantation bowls in war and in peace', Journal of Art Crime, 11, pp. 9–14.
Brodie, N. (2014) ‘The antiquities market: it's all in a price’, Heritage and Society, 7(1), pp. 32–46.
Tsirogiannis, C. (2014) ‘A South Italian Bell-Krater by Python in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’, The Journal of Art Crime, 11, pp. 63–68.
Thomas, S. (2014) ‘Vulnerable by design: theft and Finnish architecture’, The Historic Environment, 5(3), pp. 231–244.
Yates, D. (2014) 'Lost cities and looted tombs: Studying artifact smuggling in Belize', Day of Archaeology, 11 July.
Yates, D. (2014) ‘Lies, damned lies, and archaeologists: antiquities trafficking research as criminology and the ethics of identification’, AP: Arqueología Pública Special Volume, 1.
Yates, D. (2014) 'Church Theft, Insecurity, and Community Justice: The Reality of Source-End Regulation of the Market for Illicit Bolivian Cultural Objects', European Journal on Criminal Policy Research. DOI 10.1007/s10610-014-9232-z
Mackenzie, S. (2014) 'While Elgin Marbles debate rages, there is still a market for looted antiquities', The Conversation, 14 February.
Mackenzie, S. (2014) ‘Conditions for guilt-free consumption in a transnational criminal market’, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. DOI 10.1007/s10610-013-9229-z
Tsirogiannis, C. (2013) ‘Something is confidential in the state of Christie's’, Journal of Art Crime, 9, pp. 3–19.
Tsirogiannis, C. (2013) ‘A marble statue of a boy at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’, The Journal of Art Crime, 9, pp. 55–60.
Tsirogiannis, C. (2013) ‘From Apulia to Virginia: an Apulian Gnathia askos at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’, The Journal of Art Crime, 10, pp. 81–86.
Yates, D. (2013), 'High Crimes: Studying the illicit antiquities trade in the Bolivian Andes'. Day of Archaeology, 26 July.
Yates, D. (2013) ‘The theft of cultural property in Bolivia: the absence of metal detectors’, AP: Arqueología Pública, 3, pp. 10–13.
Thomas, S. (2013) ‘Brian Hope-Taylor, the Council for British Archaeology, and "The need for adequate archaeological propaganda"’, Public Archaeology, 12(2), pp. 101–116.
Yates, D. (2013) ‘Publication as preservation: a remote Maya site in the early 20th century’, in Swenson, A. and Mandler, P. (eds.) From Plunder to Preservation: Britain and the Heritage of Empire, 1800–1950. Proceedings of the British Academy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Brodie, N., Dietzler, J. and Mackenzie, S. (2013) ‘Trafficking in cultural objects: an empirical overview’, in Manacorda, S. and Visconti, A. (eds.) Beni culturali e sistema penale. Milano: Vita e Pensiero, pp. 19–30.
Brodie, N. and Bowman Proulx, B. (2013) ‘Museum malpractice as corporate crime? The case of the J. Paul Getty Museum’, Journal of Crime and Justice.
Thomas, S. (2013) ‘Editorial: portable antiquities: archaeology, collecting, metal detecting’, Internet Archaeology, 33.
Tsirogiannis, C. (2012) ‘Do not come back’, in: I would like to voice this memory..., Gedenkschrift for Yiannis Sakellarakis. Vikelaia Library: Herakleion, pp. 258–261.
Thomas, S. (2012) ‘Conference review - Objects and landscape: understanding the medieval through finds recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme’, The European Archaeologist, 38, pp. 35–38.
Yates, D. (2012) 'Archaeological practice and political change: transitions and transformations in the use of the past in nationalist, neoliberal and indigenous Bolivia'. PhD thesis. University of Cambridge.
Thomas, S. (2012) ‘Searching for answers: a survey of metal-detector users in the UK’, International Journal of Heritage Studies, 18(1), pp. 49–64.
Thomas, S. (2012) ‘How STOP started: early approaches to the metal detecting community by archaeologists and others’, in Moshenska, G. and Dhanjal, S. (eds.) Community Archaeology: Themes, Methods and Practices. Oxford and Oakville: Oxbow Books, pp. 42–57.
Coombes, M., Bradley, D., Grove, L., Thomas, S., and Young, C. (2012), 'The Extent of Crime and Anti-social Behaviour affecting Designated Heritage Assets', Report (English Heritage).
Brodie, N. and Kersel, M.M. (2012) ‘The social and political consequences of devotion to Biblical artifacts’, in Lazrus, P.K. and Barker, A.W. (eds.) All The Kings Horses: Looting, Antiquities Trafficking and the Integrity of the Archaeological Record. Washington DC: Society for American Archaeology.
Brodie, N. and Contreras, D. (2012) ‘The economics of the looted archaeological site of Bâb edh-Dhrâ: a view from Google Earth’, in Lazrus, P.K. and Barker, A.W. (eds.) All The Kings Horses: Looting, Antiquities Trafficking and the Integrity of the Archaeological Record. Washington DC: Society for American Archaeology, pp. 9–24.
Brodie, N. (2012) ‘Uncovering the antiquities market’, in Skeates, R., McDavid, C. and Carman, J. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Public Archaeology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 230–252.
Thomas, S. (2012) ‘Archaeologists and metal-detector users in England and Wales: past, present and future’, in Skeates, R., McDavid, C. and Carman, J. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Public Archaeology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 60–81.
Brodie, N. (2011) ‘Scholarship and insurgency? The study and trade of Iraqi antiquities’, in Illicit Traffic of Cultural Objects: Law, Ethics, and the Realities. An Institute of Advanced Studies Workshop, 4–5 August 2011, University of Western Australia.
Gill, D.W.J. and Tsirogiannis, C. (2011) ‘Polaroids from the Medici dossier: continued sightings on the market’, Journal of Art Crime, 5, pp. 27–33.
Yates, D., Alconini, S. and Erickson, C. (2011) ‘Summary of the Bolivia-United States MoU Extension Hearing’, Archaeological Institute for America, 4 August.
Mackenzie, S. (2011) ‘The market as criminal and criminals in the market: reducing opportunities for organised crime in the international antiquities market’, in Manacorda, S. and Chappell, D. (eds.) Crime in the Art and Antiquities World: Illegal Trafficking in Cultural Property. New York: Springer.
Mackenzie, S. (2011) ‘Illicit deals in cultural objects as crimes of the powerful’, Crime, Law and Social Change, 56, pp. 133–153.
Brodie, N. (2011) ‘The market in Iraqi antiquities 1980–2009 and academic involvement in the marketing process’, in Manacorda, S. and Chappell, D. (eds.) Crime in the Art and Antiquities World: Illegal Trafficking in Cultural Property. New York: Springer, pp. 117–133.
Brodie, N. (2011) ‘Congenial bedfellows? The academy and the antiquities trade’, Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 27, pp. 411–440.
Yates, D. (2011) ‘Archaeology and autonomies: the legal framework of heritage management in a new Bolivia’, International Journal of Cultural Property, 18(3), pp. 291–307.
Thomas, S. (2010) ‘Nighthawks and dayhawks: heritage thieves with metal detectors’, The Archaeologist, 77, pp. 16–17.
Contreras, D. and Brodie, N. (2010), ‘Shining light on looting: Using Google Earth to quantify damage and raise public awareness’, SAA Archaeological Record.
Contreras, D. and Brodie, N. (2010) ‘Quantifying destruction: an evaluation of the utility of publicly-available satellite imagery for investigating looting of archaeological sites in Jordan’, Journal of Field Archaeology, 35, pp. 101–114.
Brodie, N. (2010) ‘Archaeological looting and economic justice’, in Messenger, P.M. and Smith, G.S. (eds.) Cultural Heritage Management, Policies and Issues in Global Perspective. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, pp. 261–277.
Thomas, S. (2009) ‘The relationships between archaeologists and metal-detector users in England and Wales: impact of the past and implications for the future’, Ph.D. thesis, Newcastle University.
Thomas, S. (2009) ‘Wanborough revisited: the rights and wrongs of treasure trove law in England and Wales’, in Thomas, S. and Stone, P.G. (eds.) Metal Detecting and Archaeology. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, pp. 153–166.
Thomas, S. (2009) ‘Introduction’, in Thomas, S. and Stone, P.G. (eds.) Metal Detecting and Archaeology. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, pp. 1–12.
Mackenzie, S. and Green, P. (2009) ‘Introduction’, in Mackenzie, S. and Green, P. (eds.) Criminology and Archaeology: Studies in Looted Antiquities. Oxford: Hart.
Mackenzie, S. and Green, P. (2009) ‘Criminalising the market in illicit antiquities: an evaluation of the Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Act 2003 in England and Wales’, in Mackenzie, S. and Green, P. (eds.) Criminology and Archaeology: Studies in Looted Antiquities. Oxford: Hart.
Mackenzie, S. (2009) 'Protection against trafficking in cultural property'. Vienna: UNODC.
Brodie, N. (2009) ‘Unwanted antiquities’, Museum International, 241-2, pp. 97–100.
Brodie, N. (2009) ‘The market in Iraqi antiquities 1980–2008’, in Manacorda, S. (ed.) Organised Crime in Art and Antiquities. Milan: International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council of the United Nations, pp. 63–74.
Brodie, N. (2009) ‘Consensual relations? Academic involvement in the illegal trade in ancient manuscripts’, in Green, P. and Mackenzie, S. (eds.) Criminology and Archaeology: Studies in Looted Antiquities (Oñati International Series in Law and Society). Oxford: Hart, pp. 41–58.
Thomas, S. and Stone, P.G. (eds.) (2009) Metal Detecting & Archaeology. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press.
Mackenzie, S. and Green, P. (2008) ‘Performative regulation: a case study in how powerful people avoid criminal labels’, British Journal of Criminology, 48(2), pp. 138–153.
Brodie, N. (2008) ‘Ethics: antiquities, looting and buying of’, in Pearsall, D. (ed.) Encyclopaedia of Archaeology. Oxford: Elsevier.
Brodie, N. (2008) ‘The market background to the April 2003 plunder of the Iraq National Museum’, in Stone, P. and Farchakh Bajjaly, J. (eds.) The Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Iraq. Woodbridge: Boydell, pp. 41–54.
Brodie, N. (2008) ‘The Western market in Iraqi antiquities’, in Rothfield, L. (ed.) Preventing Looting in Wartime: Learning from the Lessons of Iraq. Walnut Creek: AltaMira, pp. 63–74.
Brodie, N. and Apostolidis, A. (2007) 'History Lost'. Athens: Hellenic Foundation for Culture/Anemon Productions.
Mackenzie, S. (2007) 'Dealing in Cultural Objects: a New Criminal Law for the UK', Amicus Curiae: Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies, 71, pp. 8-18.
Mackenzie, S. (2007) 'Transnational Crime, Local Denial', Social Justice, 34(2), pp. 111-124.
Culture Without Context (2007) Issue 20. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Brodie, N. (2007) ‘Archaeologists, collectors, museums and John Boardman’, Culture Without Context, 20, pp. 5–8.
Brodie, N. (2007) ‘Comment on ‘Irreconcilable Differences?’, Papers from the Institute of Archaeology, 18, pp. 12–15.
Brodie, N., Kersel, M.M., Luke, C. and Tubb, K.W. (eds.) (2006) Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and the Antiquities Trade. Gainesville: University Press of Florida.
Mackenzie, S. (2006) ‘Psychosocial balance sheets: illicit purchase decisions in the antiquities market’, Current Issues in Criminal Justice.
Culture Without Context (2006) Issue 19. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Culture Without Context (2006) Issue 18. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Yates, D. (2006) 'South America on the Block: The changing face of Pre-Columbian antiquities auctions in response to international law'. MPhil dissertation. University of Cambridge.
Thomas, S. (2006) ‘Building bridges on Tyneside, June 2005’, Public Archaeology, 5(4), pp. 253–256.
Brodie, N. and Luke, C. (2006) ‘Conclusion: the social and cultural contexts of antiquities collecting’, in N. Brodie, M. Kersel, C. Luke and K.W. Tubb (eds) Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and the Antiquities Trade. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, pp. 303–320.
Brodie, N. (2006) ‘Iraq 1990–2004 and the London antiquities market’, in N. Brodie, M. Kersel, C. Luke and K.W. Tubb (eds) Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and the Antiquities Trade. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, pp. 206–226.
Brodie, N. (2006) ‘Introduction: transforming values’, in N. Brodie, M. Kersel, C. Luke and K.W. Tubb (eds) Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and the Antiquities Trade. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, pp. 1–24.
Brodie, N. (2006) ‘Smoke and mirrors’, in E. Robson, L. Treadwell and C. Gosden (eds) Who Owns Objects? Oxford: Oxbow, pp. 1–14.
Brodie, N. (2006) ‘An archaeologist's view of the trade in unprovenanced antiquities’, in B. Hoffman (ed.) Art and Cultural Heritage Law for the Twenty-first Century: Policy and Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 52–63.
Brodie, N. (2006), ‘The lost, found, lost again and found again Gospel of Judas’, Culture Without Context (19), pp. 17-27.
Brodie, N. (2006) ‘The effect of an artefact’s provenance on its saleability’, Culture Without Context (19), pp. 4–7.
Brodie, N. (2006) ‘An outsider looking in: observations on the African ‘art’ market’, in N. Finneran (ed.) Safeguarding Africa's Archaeological Past, British Archaeological Reports, International Series 1454. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 23–26.
Brodie, N. (2005) ‘The circumstances and consequences of the British Library’s 1994 acquisition of some Kharosthi manuscript fragments’, Culture Without Context, 17, pp. 5–12.
Brodie, N. (2005), ‘Regulation of the trade in cultural objects. Historical and social perspectives’, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 38, pp. 1051–66.
Brodie, N. (2005) ‘A future for our past. Symposium for redefining the concept of cultural heritage’, International Journal of Cultural Property, 12, pp. 1–7.
Brodie, N. and Renfrew, C. (2005) ‘Looting and the world's archaeological heritage: the inadequate response’, Annual Review of Anthropology, 34, pp. 343–361.
Mackenzie, S. (2005) 'Criminal and Victim Profiles in Art Theft: Motive, Opportunity and Repeat Victimisation', Art, Antiquity and Law, 10(4), pp. 353-370.
Mackenzie, S. (2005) 'Dig a bit deeper: law, regulation and the illicit antiquities market', British Journal of Criminology, 45, pp. 249-268.
Culture Without Context (2005) Issue 17. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Culture Without Context (2005) Issue 16. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Brodie, N. and Doole, J. (2004) ‘The Asian Art Affair: US art museum collections of Asian Art and Archaeology’, in N. Brodie and C. Hills (eds), Material Engagements: Studies in Honour of Colin Renfrew (Cambridge: McDonald Institute), pp. 83–108.
Brodie, N. (2004) ‘Jüngste Entwicklungen in Großbritannien’, in W.-D. Heilmeyer and J.C. Eule (eds), Illegale Archäologie? (Berlin: Weißensee), pp. 165–74.
Brodie, N. (2004) ‘Export deregulation and the illicit trade in archaeological material’, in J. Richman and M. Forsyth (eds), Legal Perspectives on Cultural Resources (Walnut Creek: AltaMira), pp. 85–99.
Culture Without Context (2004) Issue 15. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Culture Without Context (2004) Issue 14 (Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research).
Brodie, N. (2003) ‘Spoils of war’, Archaeology (July/August), pp. 16–19. (Reprinted in 2005, ‘Spoils of war’, in The Archaeology of War. Long Island City: Hatherleigh Press, pp. 251–255).
Brodie, N. and Gill, D.W. (2003) ‘Looting: an international view’, in Zimmerman, L., Zimmer, J. and Vitelli, K. (eds.) Ethical Issues in Archaeology. Walnut Creek: AltaMira, pp. 31–44.
Brodie, N. (2003) ‘Lessons from the trade in illicit antiquities’, in Oldfield, S. (ed.) The Trade in Wildlife. London: Earthscan, pp. 184–195.
Culture Without Context (2003), Issue 13. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Culture Without Context (2003), Issue 12. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Brodie, N. and Tubb, K.W. eds. (2002), Illicit Antiquities: the Theft of Culture and the Extinction of Archaeology. London: Routledge.
Addyman, P. and Brodie, N. (2002) ‘Metal detecting in Britain: catastrophe or compromise?’, in N. Brodie and K.W. Tubb (eds), Illicit Antiquities: the Theft of Culture and the Extinction of Archaeology. London: Routledge, pp. 179–184.
Brodie, N. (2002) ‘Lure of the metal detector: hunting for treasure in England and Wales’, Archaeology (July/August), pp. 60–64.
Brodie, N. (2002) ‘Illicit antiquities’, in D. Levinson (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment. Massachusetts: Sage, pp. 872–875.
Brodie, N. (2002) ‘Britannia waives the rules? The licensing of archaeological material for export from the United Kingdom’, in N. Brodie and K.W. Tubb (eds), Illicit Antiquities: the Theft of Culture and the Extinction of Archaeology. London: Routledge, pp. 185–204.
Brodie, N. (2002) ‘Introduction’, in N. Brodie and K.W. Tubb (eds), Illicit Antiquities: the Theft of Culture and the Extinction of Archaeology. London: Routledge, pp. 1–22. (Reprinted in 2003, ‘Stolen history: looting and illicit trade’, Museum International 219-220, pp. 10–22; and also in 2004, ‘Illicit antiquities: the theft of culture’, in G. Corsane (ed.), Heritage, Museums and Galleries: an Introductory Reader. London: Routledge, pp. 122–140).
Mackenzie, S. (2002) 'Regulating the Market in Illicit Antiquities', Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 239. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.
Kenyon, A.T. and Mackenzie, S. (2002) 'Recovering Stolen Art - Legal Understandings in the Australian Art Market', University of Tasmania Law Review, 21 (2), pp. 1–22.
Mackenzie, S. (2002) 'Organised Crime & Common Transit Networks', Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 233. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.
Kenyon, A.T. and Mackenzie, S. (2002) 'Recovering Stolen Art: Australian, English and US Law on Limitations of Action', University of Western Australia Law Review, 30 (2), pp. 233–250.
Culture Without Context (2002) Issue 11. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Culture Without Context (2002) Issue 10. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Brodie, N., Doole, J. and Renfrew, C. eds. (2001) Trade in Illicit Antiquities: the Destruction of the World's Archaeological Heritage. Cambridge: McDonald Institute.
Tubb, K.W. and Brodie, N. (2001) ‘From museum to mantelpiece: the antiquities trade in the United Kingdom’, in R. Layton, P. Stone and J. Thomas (eds), The Destruction and Conservation of Cultural Property. London: Routledge, pp. 102–116.
Culture Without Context (2001), Issue 9. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Culture Without Context (2001), Issue 8. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Culture Without Context (2000), Issue 7. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Culture Without Context (2000), Issue 6. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Brodie, N., Doole, J. and Watson, P. (2000) Stealing History: the Illicit Trade in Cultural Material. Cambridge: McDonald Institute.
Culture Without Context (1999), Issue 5. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Culture Without Context (1999), Issue 4. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Brodie, N. (1998) ‘Pity the poor middlemen’, Culture Without Context, (3), pp. 7–9.
Culture Without Context (1998) Issue 3. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Culture Without Context (1998), Issue 2. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.