Looting has been linked to the economic and political stability of the possessing nation, with levels of looting increasing during times of crisis, but it has been known to occur during peacetimes and some looters take part in the practice as a means of income, referred to as subsistence looting. Looting typically involves either the illegal exportation of artifacts from their country of origin or the domestic distribution of looted goods. Such looting is the major source of artifacts for the antiquities market. Fragments of pottery (right) are scattered near the pitĪrchaeological looting is the illicit removal of artifacts from an archaeological site. A looter's pit (left) at the ancient Sumerian city of Kish, Iraq.
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