The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and Legislation : An international guide to laws and practice in the excavation and treatment of archaeological human remains

ISBN-13: 9780415588577 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 800 str.

Nicholas Marquez Grant;Linda Fibiger;?Abar

Opis

Methodologies & legislative frameworks regarding the archaeological excavation, retrieval, analysis, curation & potential reburial of human skeletal remains differ throughout the world. This handbook provides comprehensive information on the excavation of archaeological human remains & the law through 62 country contributions.

Recenzje

'This will be an incredibly useful source of information for scholars around the world who are, or may be hoping to be, working with human remains from archaeological contexts in particular places across the globe. It will, furthermore, save much time searching for relevant information to help their work, and provide much needed contacts ... an essential reference text for students working on archaeological human remains.' - Charlotte Roberts, Durham University, UK

Spis treści

Part 1: Introduction  Part 2: Europe  Part 3: Rest of the World, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Asia, Oceania  Part 4:Conclusion Appendix

O autorze

Dr Nicholas Márquez-Grant is a Forensic Anthropologist and Archaeologist at Cellmark Forensic Services, Abingdon (UK) and a Research Associate at the Institute of Human Sciences, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford. He has done considerable work on human skeletal remains from archaeological contexts ranging from the Neolithic to the 19th century and from a number of countries. He is also regularly involved in forensic work in the UK. He has taught biological anthropology since 2001 at the University of Oxford.
Dr Linda Fibiger is a physical anthropologist whose research interests include interpersonal violence and conflict in prehistoric Europe, Irish Early Christian Burials, and standards and practice in osteoarchaeology. She has published widely on commercial and research projects in Britain and Ireland, and is currently involved in a research project at the University of Cardiff on changing patterns of living in the earliest agricultural societies of central Europe.