Art and Archaeology of Afghanistan : Its Fall and Survival. a Multi-Disciplinary Approach.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF PLATES -- PREFACE --- Martin de la Bey -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- MAP OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES -- INTRODUCTION --- Juliette van Krieken-Pieters -- PART ONE AFGHANISTAN'S CULTURAL HERITAGEPROTECTION IN GENERAL -- CHAPTER ONE THE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AFGHANISTAN'S CULTURAL HERITAGE: AN OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES SINCE 1994 --- Brendan Cassar and Ana Rosa Rodríguez García -- CHAPTER TWO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF AFGHANISTAN: A REASSESSMENT AND STOCK-TAKING --- Warwick Ball -- CHAPTER THREE UNESCO'S REHABILITATION OF AFGHANISTAN'S CULTURAL HERITAGE: MANDATE AND RECENT ACTIVITIES --- Christian Manhart -- CHAPTER FOUR THE KABUL MUSEUM: ITS TURBULENT YEARS --- Carla Grissmann -- PART TWO THE SITUATION IN THE FIELD -- CHAPTER FIVE PREHISTORIC AFGHANISTAN: STATUS OF SITES AND ARTEFACTS AND CHALLENGES OF PRESERVATION --- Nancy Hatch Dupree -- CHAPTER SIX A TSAR'S NECROPOLIS IN THE KARA KUM DESERT --- Viktor Sarianidi -- CHAPTER SEVEN 'ON THE INDO-AFGHAN BORDER': THE GANDHARA ALBUM REVISITED --- Gerda Theuns-de Boer and Ellen M. Raven -- CHAPTER EIGHT THE MURAL PAINTINGS OF THE BUDDHAS OF BAMIYAN: DESCRIPTION AND CONSERVATION OPERATIONS --- Kosaku Maeda -- CHAPTER NINE TARZI ON TARZI: AFGHANISTAN'S PLIGHT AND THE SEARCH FOR THE THIRD BUDDHA --- Nadia Tarzi -- CHAPTER TEN RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF LOOTING AROUND THE MINARET OF JAM, GHUR PROVINCE --- David Thomas and Alison Gascoigne -- CHAPTER ELEVEN RECOVERY AND RESTORATION: TWO PROJECTS IN KABUL --- Jolyon Leslie -- PART THREE LEGAL ASPECTS IN THE AFGHAN CONTEXT -- CHAPTER TWELVE THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL MOVABLES FROM AFGHANISTAN: DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT --- Lyndel V. Prott -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN DILEMMAS IN THE CULTURAL HERITAGE FIELD: THE AFGHAN CASE AND THE LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE --- Juliette van Krieken-Pieters.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN CLAIMING GANDHARA: LEGITIMIZING OWNERSHIP OF BUDDHIST MANUSCRIPTS IN THE SCHØYEN COLLECTION, NORWAY --- Atle Omland -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN AFGHAN CULTURAL HERITAGE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: THE CASE OF THE BUDDHAS OF BAMIYAN --- Francesco Francioni and Federico Lenzerini -- PART FOUR A GLOBAL IMPACT -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN LOOTING, THEFT AND THE SMUGGLING OF CULTURAL HERITAGE: A WORLDWIDE PROBLEM --- Jos van Beurden -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN 'SAFE HAVENS' FOR ENDANGERED CULTURAL OBJECTS --- Kurt Siehr -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN THE THREATS TO CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE EVENT OF ARMED CONFLICT: A CHECKLIST --- Fabio Maniscalco -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- ANNEX I LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- ANNEX II TRANSITIONAL ISLAMIC STATE OF AFGHANISTAN MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OFFICIAL GAZETTE LAW ON THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE -- ANNEX III THE MOST RELEVANT INTERNATIONALLEGAL INSTRUMENTS -- GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

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