Table 1
Locations and numbers of artefact-hunters, whose texts and images constituted evidence in this study.
| LOCATION | CODE | NUMBER |
|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BAAH | 10 |
| Croatia | HRAH | 38 |
| Kosovo | KSAH | 11 |
| Montenegro | MEAH | 3 |
| North Macedonia | MKAH | 15 |
| Serbia | RSAH | 107 |
| Slovenia | SIAH | 45 |
| Unidentifiable | NNAH | 14 |
| Austria | ATAH | 1 |
| Bulgaria | BGAH | 1 |
| Canada | CAAH | 1 |
| Cyprus | CYAH | 1 |
| Czech Republic | CZAH | 1 |
| Germany | DEAH | 6 |
| Spain | ESAH | 1 |
| Greece | GRAH | 1 |
| Hungary | HUAH | 2 |
| Italy | ITAH | 12 |
| Netherlands | NLAH | 1 |
| Norway | NOAH | 1 |
| Turkey | TRAH | 1 |
| United Kingdom | UKAH | 3 |
| United States | USAH | 8 |
Table 2
Locations and numbers of online communities within the region, whose content and statistics constituted evidence in this study.
| LOCATION | CODE | NUMBER |
|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BAOC | 3 |
| Croatia | HROC | 10 |
| Kosovo | KSOC | 0 |
| Montenegro | MEOC | 1 |
| North Macedonia | MKOC | 1 |
| Serbia | RSOC | 26 |
| Slovenia | SIOC | 20 |
| Regional | YUOC | 23 |
Figure 1
Countries of origin and destination for transnational artefact-hunting in former Yugoslavia and by artefact-hunters from former Yugoslavia.
Figure 2
HROC001 encouraged others to stay home while he did not.
Figure 3
56 Roman antiquities that were partly auctioned and partly sold to an antiquities collector in the United States by HROC001 through private messages on Instagram.
Figure 4
14 Roman and medieval antiquities that were auctioned by HROC001 through private messages on Instagram; public offers included USD 30 by NLOC001, USD 50 by an antiquities collector in the United States and USD 60 by an antiquities buyer (collector and/or dealer) in Iran.
Figure 5
Some of the antiquities that were displayed through YUOC005.
Figure 6
A lot of 677 ancient coins, which were advertised through RSOC003, with a German-and-Turkish-language note.
Figure 7
The largest online communities of each type for artefact-hunters in former Yugoslavia, by approximate date of establishment and size.
Figure 8
The largest online communities for artefact-hunters for each of the countries in, and for the region of, former Yugoslavia, by approximate date of establishment and size.
Figure 9
Cumulative numbers of online communities by type, total.
Figure 10
Cumulative numbers of online communities by type, excluding industrial pages, industrial scams and personal accounts.
Figure 11
Administration of national Facebook groups for artefact-hunters in former Yugoslavia; private group RSOC022, which had had 17 members in 2019, had been removed by 2021.
Figure 12
Administration of regional Facebook groups for artefact-hunters in former Yugoslavia.
Figure 13
A sockpuppet account of a neo-Nazi artefact-hunter.
Figure 14
Political alignments of administrators and moderators of Facebook groups for artefact-hunters in former Yugoslavia – progressive (prog), nondescript (non), nationalist (nat), ultranationalist (ultra) and neo-Nazi (Nazi).
Figure 15
Traders who were offering or had offered metal-detected cultural objects from former Yugoslavia, on 31st March 2021; USAH008 primarily handled objects from elsewhere.
Figure 16
Part of the conversation between HROC001 and RSOC009.