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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 427365, member: 8267&quot;]Archeological objects housed in reputable museums are made available to anyone with genuine research interests. They are also exhibited to the general public as much as is consistent with their long term preservation. This cannot be said for objects in private collections. Museums make an effort to collect and maintain objects with documented provenience, which is what allows us to learn about prehistoric cultures. Objects dug up and sold without recording the full context are of limited use for understanding the original culture. They might be pretty or interesting, but that is about all that can be said.</p><p><br /></p><p>A collector&#039;s market for archeological materials creates an incentive for the destruction of prehistoric sites, much like a market for ivory incentivizes the destruction of elephants.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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