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The difficult and sensitive issue of how museums and other repositories should treat human remains in their possession is here addressed through a number of important case studies.
List of contents
Introduction: Human Remains Curation in the United Kingdom - Myra Giesen
International Perspectives towards Human Remains Curation - Myra Giesen and Liz White
Dealings with the Dead: A Personal Consideration of the Ongoing Human Remains Debate - Hedley Swain
Care, Custody and Display of Human Remains: Legal and Ethical Obligations - Charlotte Woodhead
The Impact and Effectiveness of the
Human Tissue Act 2004 and the
Guidance for the Care of Human Remains in Museums in England - Liz White
Dead and Forgotten?: Some Observations on Human Remains Documentation in the UK - Myra Giesen and Kirsty McCarrison and Victoria Park
Tethering Time and Tide? Human Remains Guidance and Legislation for Scottish Museums - Jennifer Sharp
Tethering Time and Tide? Human Remains Guidance and Legislation for Scottish Museums - Mark A. Hall
The Quick and the Deid: A Scottish Perspective on Caring for Human Remains at the Perth Museum and Art Gallery - Mark A. Hall
Museum of London: An Overview of Policies and Practice - Rebecca Redfern and Jelena Bekvalac
Curating Human Remains in a Regional Museum: Policy and Practice at the Great North Museum: Hancock - Gillian Scott
Curation of Human Remains at St Peter's Church, Barton-Upon-Humber, England - Simon Mays
Archaeological Human Remains and Laboratories: Attaining Acceptable Standards for Curating Skeletal Remains for Teaching and Research - Charlotte Roberts
'No Room at the Inn' ... Contract Archaeology and the Storage of Human Remains - Jacqueline McKinley
Changes in Policy for Excavating Human Remains in England and Wales - Michael G Parker Pearson and Mike Pitts and Duncan Sayer
Conclusions and Ways Forward - Margaret Clegg
Appendix I:DCMS Guidance for the Care of Human Remains in Museum
Appendix II: MGS Guidelines for the Care of Human Remains in Scottish Museum Collections
About the author
Myra Giesen
