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Critic / journalist

P. Hopkirk

fl. 1971–1972

Journalist, active 1971–1972.

Life and work

  1. 17 August 1971
    The Times, 17 Aug 1971, p. 4: 'Mycenaean treasures plundered from tombs in Cyprus'. Hardy (2014) cites it for 'systematically obliterating' an 'entire Mycenaean city' and 'thousands of tombs'.

    Hardy 2014, p. 4

  2. 6 September 1972
    The Times, 6 Sep 1972, p. 6: 'Treasure looters hard at work in Cyprus no-go areas'. Cited by Hardy for looters 'riddling' landscapes with robber trenches.

    Hardy 2014, p. 4

Sources

  1. 1.Samuel Andrew Hardy (2014). “Using Open-Source Data to Identify Participation in the Illicit Antiquities Trade: A Case Study on the Cypriot Civil War”. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 20. Online
  2. 2.P. Hopkirk (1971). “Mycenaean treasures plundered from tombs in Cyprus”. The Times, 4.
  3. 3.P. Hopkirk (1972). “Treasure looters hard at work in Cyprus no-go areas”. The Times, 6.