Digest 3: Posts 51-75

"Reflections on an Acquisition" was the 75th Post on Numismatics and Archaeology. Now a couple of posts overdue, I present you with "Digest 3." For a list of all previous posts click keyword "Digest" here or on the keyword list on the left side of the page.

51. Ulterior Motives in Discussion of Looting Issues?

52. Now Online: The University of Virginia Art Museum

53. Zahi Hawass: Digging for History

54. Third Century AD Battlefield Discovered in Germany

55. Archaeology Magazine's "Under Threat" List Includes Bulgaria

56. Large Byzantine Gold Coin Hoard Found in Jerusalem

57. Abstracts for Two Numismatic Sessions at the AIA/APA Annual Meeting: "Contextual Numismatics..." (AIA) and "Coins and Identity" (APA)

58. Cultural Heritage Issues at the 2009 AIA Meeting in Philadelphia

59. The 110th AIA/APA Joint Annual Meeting Concludes: A Personal Reflection

60. Italy Returns Thousands of Looted Coins to Bulgaria

61. Another Antiquities Dealer Selling Egyptian Archaeological Goods is Arrested

62. 'Import Restrictions Imposed on Certain Archaeological Material from China'

63. Memory in Greek and Roman Coins: Call for Papers

64. Disaster in Germany: The Royal Collection of Hannover for Sale!!!

65. Celator, Caelator, or Signator: What was a Roman Die-Engraver Called?

66. Police Action with Antiquities and Ancient Coins in Germany: Some Clarifications and a Call for Reason.

67. Illegal Metal Detecting in Britain and the World

68. Some Recent Discussions about Nighthawking and the Ancient Coin Trade

69. Numismatics and Archaeology on Facebook

70. The Geldmuseum of the Deutsche Bundesbank and Chocolate Euro Notes

71. Wildwinds Hacked

72. Commodification of Antiquities as a Means of Protection?

73. Course: "Picture Language on Roman Coins: Approaches and Interpretations"

74. Donation of Auction Catalogues by Prof. T.V. Buttrey and the Staff of the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge

75. Reflections on an Acquisition

Digest 2: Posts 26-50

The 50th post on Numismatics and Archaeology was "Call for Papers Extended for the 2009 International Numismatic Congress in Glasgow, Grants Also Available." In keeping with what I planned earlier, I am providing a digest every 25 posts to make it easier for readers to access older posts. Digests listing all previous blog posts may be easily accessed by clicking keyword digest in the keyword list left column of the page.

Digest 2:

26. Hadrian: Empire and Conflict (20 July 2008)

27. New Responsibilities at Uni Frankfurt (6 August 2008)

28. ACCG "Benefit Auction" Press Release (8 August 2008)

29. "...A Free Market for All Collector Coins" - Another Look at the ACCG "Benefit Auction" (10 August 2008)

30. Archäologie und Geschichte der römischen Provinzen (11 August 2008)

31. Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews Blog (12 August 2008)

32. Internet Discussions on Looting, Legislation, and Lobbyists (19 August 2008)

33. Barack Obama's National Arts Policy Committee (21 August 2008)

34. The Online Catalogue of the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen in Berlin (21 August 2008)

35. Obama and McCain on Art Policy...or not (5 September 2008)

36. Searching for Mythical Ithaca (7 September 2008)

37. U.S. Senate Gives Advice and Consent to the 1954 Hague Convention on Cultural Property (26 September 2008)

38. The Coin Collection at the Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Massimo alle Terme (26 September 2008)

39. 28,000 Coins from the Fitzwilliam Museum Now Online (1 October 2008)

40. Exhibition: Bunte Götter. Die Farbigkeit antiker Skulptur (Liebieghaus Skulptur Sammlung - Frankfurt) (7 October 2008)

41. Context Matters: AIA Classroom Excavations Video and Resources for Primary and Secondary Educators (27 October 2008)

42. The Controversial "Excavation" of a Coin Hoard (30 October 2008)

43. Archaeological 'Brown Shirts' (1 November 2008)

44. Der Handel mit antiken Münzen. Ausmaß und Netzwerke (The Trade in Ancient Coins: Scale and Networks) (4 November 2008)

45. Raubgrabung und Handel mit Kulturgütern (6 November 2008)

46. SAFE Honors Lord Colin Renfrew at the 2009 AIA/APA Meeting in Philadelphia (8 November 2008)

47. Numismatics and Archaeology at the AIA (10 November 2008)

48. Leisurely Blogging, Laggardly Thinking (24 November 2008)

49. Recording Wear and Corrosion on Ancient Coin Finds (25 November 2008)

50. Call for Papers Extended for the 2009 International Numismatic Congress in Glasgow, Grants Also Available (29 November 2008)

Digest 1: Posts 1-25

I often find the tabs on the left of these blogs a bit clumsy to use in searching for previous posts and so I think it would be more convenient for my readers to provide periodics digests of my previous discussions. I tentatively plan on doing this for every 25 or so posts.

• New Weblog on Numismatics and Archaeology (26 April 2008)
• Human Race Near Extinction 70,000 Years Ago (27 April 2008)
• CNN Coverage of Syria's Return of Iraqi Antiquities (28 April 2008)
• Article on the Coin Trade Now Available on FeRA (28 April 2008)
• The Illicit Antiquities Trade in Bulgaria (28 April 2008)
• A New Resource for the Study of Applied Numismatics (30 April 2008)
• Meso-American/South American Cache of Antiquities Seized in Munich (30 April 2008)
• Materielle Kultur (6 May 2008)
• 'Dilettanti and Shopmen': Divergent Interests in Looting and Cultural Heritage Issues (7 May 2008)
• Oldest Bust of Julius Caesar Found in France? (14 May 2008)
• Coins from the Martberg (14 May 2008)
• 'That Belongs in a Museum! (21 May 2008)
• Even Stonehenge Can Fall Victim to Souvenir Hunters (24 May 2008)
• Differing Viewpoints on the Value of Import Restrictions (28 May 2008)
• Coins from Yotvata (10 June 2008)
• Revue Numismatique Available Online (12 June 2008)
• Harrison Ford and the AIA (13 June 2008)
• The American Numismatic Society Collection Moves (17 June 2008)
• Good Faith, Due Diligence, and Market Activities (1 July 2008)
• Just in Time for July 4th: Discovery of Washington's Boyhood Home Announced (4 July 2008)
• The ACCG "Benefit Auction" and Intrinsic Interests (8 July 2008)
• Personal Note (11 July 2008)
• Ebay.de (Germany): New Rules on the Selling of Archaeological Materials (14 July 2008)
• Ancient Coin and Antiquities Registers (18 July 2008)
• Some Resources for the Study of Excavated Coin Finds (20 July 2008)