Review of "Arms and Armour from Iran" by M. Khorasani

[Mark]

Originally Posted by Rivkin

P.S. Just to give you some idea concerning how hard it is to collaborate with other researchers to get any reliable information, one of high level employees at a very good museum, which I visited many times in my life, has answered me publicly that he does not collaborate with "americanos-pedophilos".

I had an experience similar in effect, though very different in substance. I contacted a very well-known academic authority on Southeast Asian archeology, asking if he could recommend reference sources for certain aspects of my research on dha. I received this politely-worded reply:

"As a matter of principle, and in the light of the appalling looting of prehistoric sites in Southeast Asia, I do not correspond with or assist collectors."

No room for argument there, especially since I can't argue with the principle. It does make it hard to get ahold of the more obscure reference material in the academic literature, though.