The Lure of the Relic: Collecting and Consuming Artifacts from the Holy Land

Category: Lecture

Length: 1:03:29

https://www.youtube.com/embed/LF49e4ynmIQ
Video Date 12/01/2011
Film Description December 1, 2011
Dr. Morag Kersel

The relationship between people and things is a crucial avenue of investigation in understanding past cultures. Employing case studies from Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority, this lecture examines the collecting of archaeological materials, the effects on the archaeological landscape, and the object biographies of those artifacts enmeshed in the antiquities trade.

The Penn Cultural Heritage Center, www.pennchc.org, is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of community-based Cultural Heritage. The Penn CHC is located in the Penn Museum at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.
Video Category Lecture
Contributor(s) Morag Kersel