Stop Spike TV from Looting our Collective Past!

fuckyeahanthropologymajorfox:

jangojips:

This show, as advertised by Spike TV (http://aroundthenetworks.com/spike-tv-announces-unscripted-show-american-digger/), will follow a team “led by former professional wrestler-turned-modern- day relic hunter Ric Savage as they scour … battlefields and historic sites, in hopes of striking it rich by unearthing and selling rare pieces of American history.”

“American Diggers,” as described, encourages and glorifies looting and the antiquities trade at the expense of American history. Although the items pilfered by the team are acknowledged to have “great historical and cultural significance,” these items are sold for individual profit.

This is not okay!
Please, take a moment to sign this petition!
Archaeologists/Anthropologists….UNITE!

PLEASE SIGN

This is extremely important to all of us in the anthropology field. 

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    oh man sitting on my museologist feeliiinnnnggggssss (‘it belongs in a museum’ HA HA HA tell that to the beleaguered...
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    Someone needs to find a “it belongs in a museum” gif here…
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    EXACTLY! HOLY SHIT WE MUST STOP THIS EVIL!
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    signal boosting again, please sign it if you get a chance belongs in a museum, stop destroying archaeological context,...
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    This is not okay. This is not what archaeology/anthropology is about.
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    This is extremely important to humans. When the process of obtaining artifacts is not tightly controlled, all of the...
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    ANTHROPOLOGISTS UNITE!
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    Why, why, why would you ever think this was a good idea? As everyone before me has already pointed, this is very much...
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    I cannot stress how important it is that this be stopped. One of the most important things you learn when studying...
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