Archaeological fakes and forgeries in Turkey
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2448-1750.revmae.2021.173939Palabras clave:
Archaeological fakes, Turkey, Turkish museums, Forgeries, ReplicasResumen
In this paper we discuss archaeological authenticity in Turkey, advanced both from scholarly as well as popular scientific point of views. In the last five years in Turkey, the inconspicous debate on “archaeological authenticity” has become public. The problem was previously known, but not very common in scientific research. Turkish archaeologists probably a long way ahead to deal with this matter in scientific terms and accept it as an important study area. Although Turkey is a key country for both original and fake products, we know little about which materials should be categorized as replicas or fakes; which objects were falsified; what materials were falsified, why and by whom. The expected number of forgeries is very high in local museums exhibits, including lamps, coins, metal objects (especially silver) and gems. In international markets, we know several classes that have been forged in Turkey. It is particularly difficult to distinguish authentic coins or modern fakes. In the last ten years, Turkish museums were involved in several forgery scandals. These deceptions have two explanations: either the museum managers know nothing about them, or there are other reasons for these pieces to be presented as real artifacts. This paper presents a sampling catalogue for the reanalysis of the artifacts using multiple criteria to determine their non-authenticy.
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