Illicit Antiquities
Research Centre
 against the theft & traffic
 of archaeology

 

Dr Neil Brodie

Research Director

Background

Publications

Professional activities

Background

Neil Brodie is an archaeologist with wide-ranging experience.  He completed his B.A. (Hons.) Class I, University of Liverpool, Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology) in 1988 and his PhD (on the Beaker Culture in Britain, University of Liverpool) in 1992.

He has conducted archaeological fieldwork and research in Greece and Europe and has co-directed fieldwork projects in Greece and Jordan.

He has been with the IARC since its foundation in 1996 and is now one of the world's leading authorities on the subject of illicit antiquities.  He writes and lectures extensively on the subject all over the world, and teaches and advises postgraduate students at the Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge.

Publications

Books and reports

 Brodie, N.J. 1994. The Neolithic–Bronze Age Transition in Britain, British Archaeological Reports, British Series 238. Oxford: Tempus Reparatum.

 Brodie, N.J., Doole, J. & P. Watson. 2000. Stealing History: the Illicit Trade in Cultural Material. Cambridge: McDonald Institute.

 Brodie, N.J., Doole, J. & C. Renfrew (eds). 2001. Trade in Illicit Antiquities: the Destruction of the World's Archaeological Heritage. Cambridge: McDonald Institute.

 Brodie, N.J. & K.W Tubb (eds). 2002. Illicit Antiquities: the Theft of Culture and the Extinction of Archaeology. London: Routledge.

Brodie, N.J. & C. Hills (eds). 2004. Material Engagements: Studies in Honour of Colin Renfrew. Cambridge: McDonald Institute.

 Brodie, N.J., Kersel, M.M., Luke, C. & K.W. Tubb (eds). 2006. Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and the Antiquities Trade. Gainesville: University Press of Florida.

 Papers

 Brodie, N.J. & L. Steel. 1996. Cypriot Black-on-Red ware: towards a characterisation. Archaeometry 38, 263–78.

 Brodie, N.J. 1997. Chemical analysis of archaeological ceramics at the intra-regional level: the case of early Iron Age Cyprus. In A.G.M. Sinclair, E.M. Slater & J.A.J. Gowlett (eds), Archaeological Sciences 1995. Oxford: Oxbow. 55–61.

 Brodie, N.J. 1997. New perspectives on the Bell-Beaker culture. Oxford Journal of Archaeology 16, 297–314.

 Brodie, N.J. 1997. Geophysical survey. In Crouwel, J.H. et al., Geraki, an acropolis site in Lakonia. Preliminary report on the second season (1996). Pharos 4, 89–120.

 Brodie, N.J. 1998. British Bell Beakers: twenty-five years of theory and practice. In M. Benz & S. van Willigen (eds), Some New Approaches to the Bell Beaker ‘Phenomenon’. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 690. Oxford: Archaeopress. 43–56.

 Brodie, N.J. 1998. Chemical characterisation of early and middle Iron Age Cypriot ceramics: a review. Report of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, 17–28.

 Brodie, N.J. 1998. Pity the poor middlemen. Culture Without Context, no. 3, 7–9.

 Brodie, N.J. 1999. Statistics, damned statistics, and the antiquities trade. Antiquity 73, 447–51.

 Brodie, N.J. 1999. The concept of due diligence and the antiquities trade. Culture Without Context, no 5, 12–15.

 Watson, P. & N. Brodie. 1999. Sorry trade in ancient civilisations. The Times, October 20 1999.

 Brodie, N.J. 2000. All at sea? Antiquity 74, 662–3.

 Brodie, N.J. 2000. The licensing of archaeological material for export from the United Kingdom. In Cultural Property: Return and Illicit Trade. Volume II. Seventh Report of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee. London: The Stationery Office.

 Brodie, N.J. 2001. L'applicazione del Regolamento CEE 3911/92 nel Regno Unito. Bolletino di Numismatica , Supplemento 36, 211–14.

 Brodie, N.J. 2001. Technological frontiers and the emergence of the Bell Beaker culture. In Nicolis, F. et al. (eds), Bell Beakers Today: Pottery, People, Culture and Symbols in Prehistoric Europe. Trento: Servizio Beni Culturali. 487–96.

 Brodie, N.J. & J. Doole. 2001. Illicit antiquities. In N.J. Brodie, J. Doole & C. Renfrew (eds), Trade in Illicit Antiquities: the Destruction of the World's Archaeological Heritage. Cambridge: McDonald Institute. 1–6.

 Tubb, K.W. & N.J. Brodie 2001. From museum to mantelpiece: the antiquities trade in the United Kingdom. In R. Layton, P. Stone & J. Thomas (eds), The Destruction and Conservation of Cultural Property. London: Routledge. 102–16.

 Brodie, N.J. 2002. Le commerce illicite de biens culturels – Etat des lieux d’un négoce milliardaire. Journal OFC, no. 5, 2–4.

 Brodie, N.J. 2002. Illicit antiquities. In D. Levinson (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment. Massachusetts: Sage. 872–5.

 Brodie, N.J. 2002. Lure of the metal detector: hunting for treasure in England and Wales. Archaeology (July/August), 60–64.

 Brodie, N.J. 2002. Introduction. In N. Brodie & K.W. Tubb (eds), Illicit Antiquities: the Theft of Culture and the Extinction of Archaeology. London: Routledge.1–22.

(Reprinted in 2003, Stolen history: looting and illicit trade, Museum International 219/220, 10–22; and also in 2004, Illicit antiquities: the theft of culture, in G. Corsane (ed.), Heritage, Museums and Galleries: an Introductory Reader. London: Routledge).

 Brodie, N.J. 2002. Britannia waives the rules? The licensing of archaeological material for export from the United Kingdom. In N. Brodie & K.W. Tubb (eds), Illicit Antiquities: the Theft of Culture and the Extinction of Archaeology. London: Routledge. 185–204.

 Addyman, P. & N.J. Brodie. 2002. Metal detecting in Britain: catastrophe or compromise? In N. Brodie & K.W. Tubb (eds), Illicit Antiquities: the Theft of Culture and the Extinction of Archaeology. London: Routledge. 179–84.

 Brodie N.J. 2003. Lessons from the trade in illicit antiquities. In S. Oldfield (ed.), The Trade in Wildlife. London: Earthscan. 184–95.

 Brodie, N.J. 2003. Spoils of war. Archaeology (July/August), 16–19.

(Reprinted in 2005, Spoils of war, in The Archaeology of War. Long Island City: Hatherleigh Press. 251–5).

 Brodie, N.J. & D.W. Gill. 2003. Looting: an international view. In L. Zimmerman, J. Zimmer & K. Vitelli (eds), Ethical Issues in Archaeology. Walnut Creek: AltaMira. 31–44.

 Brodie, N.J. 2004. Jüngste Entwicklungen in Großbritannien. In W.-D. Heilmeyer & J.C. Eule (eds), Illegale Archäologie?. Berlin: Weißensee. 165–74.

 Brodie, N.J. 2004. The geophysical survey. In W.G. Cavanagh, C.B. Mee & J. Renard, ‘Sparta before Sparta’: report on the intensive survey at Kouphovouno, 1999-2000, Annual of the British School at Athens 99, 77–80.

 Brodie, N.J. 2004. Export deregulation and the illicit trade in archaeological material. In J. Richman & M. Forsyth (eds), Legal Perspectives on Cultural Resources. Walnut Creek: AltaMira. 85–99.

 Brodie, N.J. & J. Doole. 2004. The Asian Art Affair: US art museum collections of Asian Art and Archaeology. In N.J. Brodie & C. Hills (eds), Material Engagements: Studies in Honour of Colin Renfrew. Cambridge: McDonald Institute. 75–100.

 Brodie, N.J. & C. Hills. 2004. Introduction. In N.J. Brodie & C. Hills (eds), Material Engagements: Studies in Honour of Colin Renfrew. Cambridge: McDonald Institute. v–xi.

 Brodie, N.J. 2005. In the field: illicit antiquities. Dig, February, 32.

 Brodie, N.J. 2005. Gullalder for gravrøvere. Museumsnytt 53(1), 12–15.

 Brodie, N.J. 2005. The geophysical surveys. In W.G. Cavanagh, C.B. Mee & P. James, The Laconia Rural Sites Project. London: British School at Athens.

 Brodie, N.J. 2005. A Future for Our Past. Symposium for redefining the concept of cultural heritage. International Journal of Cultural Property 12, 1–7.

 Brodie, N.J. 2005. Regulation of the trade in cultural objects. Historical and social perspectives. Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 38, 1051–66.

 Brodie, N.J. & C. Renfrew. 2005. Looting and the world's archaeological heritage: the inadequate response. Annual Review of Anthropology 34, 343–61.

 Brodie, N.J. 2006. An archaeologist's view of the trade in unprovenanced antiquities. In B. Hoffman (ed.), Art and Cultural Heritage Law for the Twenty-first Century: Policy and Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 52–63.

 Brodie, N.J. 2006. An outsider looking in: observations on the African ‘art’ market. In N. Finneran (ed.), Safeguarding Africa's Archaeological Past. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 1454. Oxford: Archaeopress.

 Brodie, N.J. 2006. The illegal trade in antiquities. Kunst und Recht 1, February-March, 26–8.

 Brodie, N.J. 2006. The circumstances and consequences of the British Library’s 1994 acquisition of some Kharosthi manuscript fragments. Culture Without Context, no. 17, 5–12.

 Brodie, N.J. 2006. Smoke and mirrors. In E. Robson, L. Treadwell & C. Gosden (eds), Who Owns Objects? Oxford: Oxbow, 1–14.

 Brodie, N.J. 2006. Introduction: transforming values. In N.J. Brodie, M. Kersel, C. Luke & K.W. Tubb (eds), Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and the Antiquities Trade. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1–24.

 Brodie, N.J. 2006. Iraq 1990–2004 and the London antiquities market. In N.J. Brodie, M. Kersel, C. Luke & K.W. Tubb (eds), Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and the Antiquities Trade. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 206–26.

 Brodie, N.J. & C. Luke. 2006. Conclusion: the social and cultural contexts of antiquities collecting. In N.J. Brodie, M. Kersel, C. Luke & K.W. Tubb (eds), Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and the Antiquities Trade. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 303–20.

Professional activities

  • 1995–present        Member of the Portable Antiquities Working Group.

(The Portable Antiquities Working Group has been convened by the Council for British Archaeology (CBA) to formulate policy and take action on such issues as metal detecting and the antiquities trade).

  •  1999–present        Member of the Fitch Laboratory Sub-Committee of the Council of the British School at Athens.

  •  2004–present        Member of Council of the British School at Athens.

  •  2004–present        Member of editorial board of Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archive Professionals. AltaMira Press.

  •  2005–present        CBA representative on H.M. Government’s Advisory Council on the Export of Works of Art.

Last updated September 2006