The problem with that oversimplification is that provenance is much bigger than authentication and authentication is much bigger than provenance. Sure, some of

The problem with that oversimplification is that provenance is much bigger than authentication and authentication is much bigger than provenance. Sure, some of the work overlaps, but they're distinct. When provenance research shows up in the media, it's usually in the form of identifying looted material culture and repatriating it. There's also the issue of objects that are almost certainly authentic and legally exported, but the provenance doesn't go back to the archeological context ("provenience" [sic]) and that lack of provenance limits the archeological value of these objects.