Art and Archaeology of Afghanistan: Its Fall and Survival: a Multi-disciplinary Approach (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies)

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CONTENTS......Page 8
LIST OF PLATES......Page 12
PREFACE --- \rMartin de la Bey......Page 18
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 20
MAP OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES\r......Page 22
INTRODUCTION --- \rJuliette van Krieken-Pieters......Page 24
PART ONE AFGHANISTAN’S CULTURAL HERITAGEPROTECTION IN GENERAL\r......Page 36
CHAPTER ONE THE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AFGHANISTAN’S CULTURAL HERITAGE: AN OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES SINCE 1994 --- \rBrendan Cassar and Ana Rosa Rodríguez García......Page 38
CHAPTER TWO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF AFGHANISTAN: A REASSESSMENT AND STOCK-TAKING --- \rWarwick Ball......Page 62
CHAPTER THREE UNESCO’S REHABILITATION OF AFGHANISTAN’S CULTURAL HERITAGE: MANDATE AND RECENT ACTIVITIES --- \rChristian Manhart......Page 72
CHAPTER FOUR THE KABUL MUSEUM: ITS TURBULENT YEARS --- \rCarla Grissmann......Page 84
PART TWO \rTHE SITUATION IN THE FIELD......Page 100
CHAPTER FIVE PREHISTORIC AFGHANISTAN: STATUS OF SITES AND ARTEFACTS AND CHALLENGES OF PRESERVATION --- \rNancy Hatch Dupree......Page 102
CHAPTER SIX A TSAR’S NECROPOLIS IN THE KARA KUM DESERT --- \rViktor Sarianidi......Page 118
CHAPTER SEVEN ‘ON THE INDO-AFGHAN BORDER’: THE GANDHARA ALBUM REVISITED ---\r Gerda Theuns-de Boer and Ellen M. Raven......Page 126
CHAPTER EIGHT THE MURAL PAINTINGS OF THE BUDDHAS OF BAMIYAN: DESCRIPTION AND CONSERVATION OPERATIONS --- \rKosaku Maeda......Page 150
CHAPTER NINE TARZI ON TARZI: AFGHANISTAN’S PLIGHT AND THE SEARCH FOR THE THIRD BUDDHA --- \rNadia Tarzi......Page 168
CHAPTER TEN RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF LOOTING AROUND THE MINARET OF JAM, GHUR PROVINCE --- \rDavid Thomas and Alison Gascoigne......Page 178
CHAPTER ELEVEN RECOVERY AND RESTORATION: TWO PROJECTS IN KABUL --- \rJolyon Leslie......Page 192
PART THREE \rLEGAL ASPECTS IN THE AFGHAN CONTEXT......Page 210
CHAPTER TWELVE THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL MOVABLES FROM AFGHANISTAN: DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT --- \rLyndel V. Prott......Page 212
CHAPTER THIRTEEN DILEMMAS IN THE CULTURAL HERITAGE FIELD: THE AFGHAN CASE AND THE LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE --- \rJuliette van Krieken-Pieters......Page 224
CHAPTER FOURTEEN CLAIMING GANDHARA: LEGITIMIZING OWNERSHIP OF BUDDHIST MANUSCRIPTS IN THE SCHØYEN COLLECTION, NORWAY --- \rAtle Omland......Page 250
CHAPTER FIFTEEN AFGHAN CULTURAL HERITAGE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: THE CASE OF THE BUDDHAS OF BAMIYAN --- \rFrancesco Francioni and Federico Lenzerini......Page 288
PART FOUR \rA GLOBAL IMPACT......Page 316
CHAPTER SIXTEEN LOOTING, THEFT AND THE SMUGGLING OF CULTURAL HERITAGE: A WORLDWIDE PROBLEM --- \rJos van Beurden......Page 318
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN ‘SAFE HAVENS’ FOR ENDANGERED CULTURAL OBJECTS --- \rKurt Siehr......Page 348
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN THE THREATS TO CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE EVENT OF ARMED CONFLICT: A CHECKLIST --- \rFabio Maniscalco......Page 358
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 376
ANNEX I \rLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS......Page 450
ANNEX II TRANSITIONAL ISLAMIC STATE OF AFGHANISTAN MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OFFICIAL GAZETTE LAW ON THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE\r......Page 452
ANNEX III \rTHE MOST RELEVANT INTERNATIONALLEGAL INSTRUMENTS......Page 472
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 474
INDEX......Page 488