A new method of forensic archaeology
In judicial proceedings on archaeological plundering, judges usually request an expert to identify the place of origin of seized items. This can be a serious problem, because these items are usually out of their archaeological context and no provenance data are available. This paper describes a meth...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Crime and art
Year: 2021, Pages: 79-99 |
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| Summary: | In judicial proceedings on archaeological plundering, judges usually request an expert to identify the place of origin of seized items. This can be a serious problem, because these items are usually out of their archaeological context and no provenance data are available. This paper describes a method used successfully by experts of the regional Government of Aragon (Spain) under the judicial proceedings related to the Helmet operations carried out by the Central Operational Unit of the Spanish Guardia Civil. The method was designed specifically for items found with a metal detector. The greater the number and variety of the seized items, the more accurate will be the results. In this method, crime geometry and the Tobler Law are used to analyse mappings of archaeological items; the creation and analysis of temperature, proximity and dispersion maps of specific typologies of archaeological materials have allowed the identification of the place of origin of most of the stolen items. These maps and the determination of the origin of the items recovered in the Helmet operations have been key evidence in the prosecution of the defendants. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 97-99 |
| Physical Description: | Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9783030848569 |
