Human remains : guide for museums and academic institutions / edited by Vicki Cassman, Nancy Odegaard, and Joseph Powell.
Publication details: Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, c2007.Description: xix, 310 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:- 9780759109551
- Human remains (Archaeology) -- Collection and preservation
- Human remains (Archaeology) -- Conservation and restoration
- Human remains (Archaeology) -- Repatriation
- Museum exhibits -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Anthropological museums and collections -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Archaeological museums and collections -- Moral and ethical aspects
- 930.1 22
- CC79.5. H85H87 2007
Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Book-Circulating | Fischer Hall Library Main shelves | CC79.5. H85H87 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | B000975 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Forward / Brian Fagan -- Introduction: Dealing with the dead / Vicki Cassman, Nancy Odegaard, and Joseph Powell -- Ethics of flesh and bone / Marta P. Alfonso and Joseph Powell -- Policy / Vicki Cassman, Nancy Odegaard, and Joseph Powell -- Condition assessment of osteology collections / Vicki Cassman and Nancy Odegaard -- Examination and analysis / Vicki Cassman and Nancy Odegaard -- Treatment and invasive actions / Nancy Odegaard and Vicki Cassman -- Indigenous value orientations in the care of human remains / Alyce Sadongei and Phillip Cash Cash -- Storage and transport / Vicki Cassman and Nancy Odegaard -- Associated artifacts / Ann H. Peters, Vicki Cassman, and Monica Gustafsson -- Documentation : history and the sources of skeletons in collections / Alan G. Morris -- Associated records : the Kennewick project / Teresa M. Militello, Christopher B. Pulliam, and Natalie Drew -- Multidisciplinary research teams / Michael Trimble ... [et al.] -- Fieldwork / Heidi Roberts and Julie Eklund -- Working with the dead : health concerns / Bernardo Arriaza and Luz-Andrea Pfister -- The law of human remains and burials / Sherry Hutt and Jennifer Riddle -- Respect for the dead, respect for the living / Lynn S. Teague -- The body in the museum / Mary M. Brooks and Claire Rumsey -- Afterword.