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Ethics and Burial Archaeology.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Debates in Archaeology SeriesPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2010Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (158 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781350065154
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ethics and Burial ArchaeologyDDC classification:
  • 930.1
LOC classification:
  • CC79.5.H85.S294 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1. Archaeology and exhumation -- 2. Archaeology, heritage and British burial law -- 3. Human decency, politics and digging the dead -- 4. Display, repatriation and respect for the dead -- Conclusion: the problem of modernity and the ancient dead -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: The investigation of human remains has always been central to archaeological, but archaeologists are not the only ones with an interest in their treatment. This book sets a fresh agenda for ethical studies in mortuary investigation, adducing a series of case studies which can be used to understand the questions facing burial archaeology.
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1. Archaeology and exhumation -- 2. Archaeology, heritage and British burial law -- 3. Human decency, politics and digging the dead -- 4. Display, repatriation and respect for the dead -- Conclusion: the problem of modernity and the ancient dead -- Bibliography -- Index.

The investigation of human remains has always been central to archaeological, but archaeologists are not the only ones with an interest in their treatment. This book sets a fresh agenda for ethical studies in mortuary investigation, adducing a series of case studies which can be used to understand the questions facing burial archaeology.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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