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Title Human remains : guide for museums and academic institutions / edited by Vicki Cassman, Nancy Odegaard, and Joseph Powell
Published Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, [2006]
©2006

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 MELB  930.1 Cas/Hrg  AVAILABLE
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Contents Forward / Brian Fagan -- Introduction: Dealing with the dead / Vicki Cassman, Nancy Odegaard, Joseph Powell -- Ethics of flesh and bone / Marta Alfonso and Joseph Powell -- Policy / Vicki Cassman, Nancy Odegaard, 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 Peters, Vicki Cassman, and Monica Gustafsson -- Documentation : history & sources of skeletons in collections / Alan Morris -- Associated records : the Kennewick project / Teresa Militello, Christopher 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 -- Consultations / Lynn Teague -- Display : the body in the museum / Mary Brooks and Claire Rumsey -- Afterward / by the editors
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject 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.
Author Cassman, Vicki, 1957-
Odegaard, Nancy.
Powell, Joseph F. (Joseph Frederick), 1964-
LC no. 2006005988
ISBN 0759109540 cloth alkaline paper
9780759109544 cloth alkaline paper