During the last couple of decades Afghanistan's cultural heritage has faced exceptional challenges. Looting of the National Museum, 'Kabul Museum', the neglect of monuments and extensive illegal excavations have taken place. However, what really shook the world was the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan in March 2001. This volume focuses on Afghanistan's cultural heritage protection. Its purpose is threefold. To provide an overview of the diversity of activities undertaken in the cultural heritage field. To change public opinion into a more positive one. And to serve as an example for future generations. This multidisciplinary book (including contributions from archaeologists, linguists, and lawyers) will interest both scholars in the cultural, legal and humanistic field as well as the public at large. Many exceptional photographs are included.
Author(s): Juliette Van Krieken-Pieters
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 412
9004151826......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 8
LIST OF PLATES......Page 12
PREFACE ---
Martin de la Bey......Page 18
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 20
MAP OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
......Page 22
INTRODUCTION ---
Juliette van Krieken-Pieters......Page 24
PART ONE AFGHANISTAN’S CULTURAL HERITAGEPROTECTION IN GENERAL
......Page 36
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......Page 38
CHAPTER TWO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF AFGHANISTAN: A REASSESSMENT AND STOCK-TAKING ---
Warwick Ball......Page 62
CHAPTER THREE UNESCO’S REHABILITATION OF AFGHANISTAN’S CULTURAL HERITAGE: MANDATE AND RECENT ACTIVITIES ---
Christian Manhart......Page 72
CHAPTER FOUR THE KABUL MUSEUM: ITS TURBULENT YEARS ---
Carla Grissmann......Page 84
PART TWO
THE SITUATION IN THE FIELD......Page 100
CHAPTER FIVE PREHISTORIC AFGHANISTAN: STATUS OF SITES AND ARTEFACTS AND CHALLENGES OF PRESERVATION ---
Nancy Hatch Dupree......Page 102
CHAPTER SIX A TSAR’S NECROPOLIS IN THE KARA KUM DESERT ---
Viktor Sarianidi......Page 118
CHAPTER SEVEN ‘ON THE INDO-AFGHAN BORDER’: THE GANDHARA ALBUM REVISITED ---
Gerda Theuns-de Boer and Ellen M. Raven......Page 126
CHAPTER EIGHT THE MURAL PAINTINGS OF THE BUDDHAS OF BAMIYAN: DESCRIPTION AND CONSERVATION OPERATIONS ---
Kosaku Maeda......Page 150
CHAPTER NINE TARZI ON TARZI: AFGHANISTAN’S PLIGHT AND THE SEARCH FOR THE THIRD BUDDHA ---
Nadia Tarzi......Page 168
CHAPTER TEN RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF LOOTING AROUND THE MINARET OF JAM, GHUR PROVINCE ---
David Thomas and Alison Gascoigne......Page 178
CHAPTER ELEVEN RECOVERY AND RESTORATION: TWO PROJECTS IN KABUL ---
Jolyon Leslie......Page 192
PART THREE
LEGAL ASPECTS IN THE AFGHAN CONTEXT......Page 210
CHAPTER TWELVE THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL MOVABLES FROM AFGHANISTAN: DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT ---
Lyndel V. Prott......Page 212
CHAPTER THIRTEEN DILEMMAS IN THE CULTURAL HERITAGE FIELD: THE AFGHAN CASE AND THE LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE ---
Juliette van Krieken-Pieters......Page 224
CHAPTER FOURTEEN CLAIMING GANDHARA: LEGITIMIZING OWNERSHIP OF BUDDHIST MANUSCRIPTS IN THE SCHØYEN COLLECTION, NORWAY ---
Atle Omland......Page 250
CHAPTER FIFTEEN AFGHAN CULTURAL HERITAGE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: THE CASE OF THE BUDDHAS OF BAMIYAN ---
Francesco Francioni and Federico Lenzerini......Page 288
PART FOUR
A GLOBAL IMPACT......Page 316
CHAPTER SIXTEEN LOOTING, THEFT AND THE SMUGGLING OF CULTURAL HERITAGE: A WORLDWIDE PROBLEM ---
Jos van Beurden......Page 318
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN ‘SAFE HAVENS’ FOR ENDANGERED CULTURAL OBJECTS ---
Kurt Siehr......Page 348
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN THE THREATS TO CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE EVENT OF ARMED CONFLICT: A CHECKLIST ---
Fabio Maniscalco......Page 358
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 376
ANNEX I
LIST 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
......Page 452
ANNEX III
THE MOST RELEVANT INTERNATIONALLEGAL INSTRUMENTS......Page 472
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 474
INDEX......Page 488
