IARC goes electronic

Jenny Doole

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Downing Street
Cambridge
CB2 3ER

Please note this article describes the original Web site of the IARC, launched in 1998. The new site (launched 2006), which you are now on, has replaced this.

The Illicit Antiquities Research Centre is pleased to announce the launch of a dedicated Web site, through which information can be rapidly transferred. For the last year, the IARC has been working to raise awareness in Britain and internationally about issues concerning illegal excavation, and has become a centre of information and education. Our presence on the WWW will facilitate these efforts and enable us to reach a wider audience, with material aimed, initially, towards concerned professionals and members of the public.

Home Page of the new IARC Web site

As well as explaining the origins and intentions of the IARC, the Web site will keep users up-to-date with news and events and make it easy to contact us. This will be particularly important in 1999 when a number of new global initiatives are planned. Thanks to a grant from Archeonet, the site also carries translations of the UNESCO and Unidroit Conventions, with brief explanations of their significance and history. All issues of Culture Without Context are also posted on-line, in searchable format.

International conventions on the new IARC Web site

The growing international focus on cultural property issues and increasing public awareness has lead to a rash of publications, both paper and electronic, on related topics. The Resources section of the IARC Web site highlights some which we have found useful during the course of our work and research, including periodicals, bibliographies, other Web sites and books.

News and Events on the new IARC Web site

It is clear from the international queries, news and information we already receive that there is a large global constituency interested in arresting the destruction of archaeological heritage. It will now be easier than ever to contact us, confidentially or otherwise.

First posted March 1999; Page design updated September 2006