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Many countries have antique looting laws which state that the removal of the cultural object without formal permission is illegal and considered theft. [5] Looting is not only illegal; the practice may also threaten access to cultural heritage. Grave robbery is a type of archaeological looting. Grave robbing is the illegal removal of bodies ...
This is a list of cultural-heritage sites that have been damaged or destroyed accidentally, deliberately, or by a natural disaster, sorted by state. Only those buildings and structures which fulfill Wikipedia's standards of notability should be included. The simplest test of this is whether the building or structure has its own article page.
The Mott Archaeological Preserve or Mott Mounds Site is an archaeological site in Franklin Parish, Louisiana on the west bank of Bayou Macon. It originally had eleven mounds with components from the Marksville, Troyville, Coles Creek, and Plaquemine periods. It was at one time one of the largest mound centers in the Southeast and has one of the ...
The sack of Jerusalem, from the inside wall of the Arch of Titus, Rome. Looted art has been a consequence of looting during war, natural disaster and riot for centuries. Looting of art, archaeology and other cultural property may be an opportunistic criminal act or may be a more organized case of unlawful or unethical pillage by the victor of a conflict.
The Trudeau Landing site , also known as Tunica Village and Trudeau, is an archaeological site in Tunica, unincorporated West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. It was once occupied by the Tunica tribe. Later European settlers developed it into the Trudeau Plantation.
This is a listing of sites of archaeological interest in the state of Louisiana, in the United States Wikimedia Commons has media related to Archaeological sites in Louisiana . Subcategories
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Articles relating to archaeological looting, the illicit removal of artifacts from an archaeological site. Such looting is the major source of artifacts for the antiquities market . See also: Category:Destruction of cultural heritage