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NOTES ON SAFEGUARDING AND CONSERVING CULTURAL MATERIAL I MATERIAL IN THE FIELD            18.

may cause
     (1) Subsidence of ground and flooring
     (2) Damage to ruins and ancient sites, either because they are an obstruction or because they are sources of material.  Such remains are often regarded as "mere ruins" and even in times of peace are exposed to the depredations of contractors and builders.  Particularly liable to damage, and prehistoric mounds, and megalithic monuments.
  The authorities responsible for construction work should be asked to take precautions against such damage, and to warn contractors they employ.
  
  (c) The enforcement of strict rules controlling the collecting of souvenirs.  This cuts at the root of pilfering by troops, and of inhabitants stealing objects in order to sell to troops. [[footnote:]](1)
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[[footnotes:]] (1) In some countries, e.g. Italy, it is an offence to buy or sell antiquities without government permission.  Enforcement of any such local laws by the occupying authorities might be judicious and well regarded by local inhabitants.