Curating Human Remains: Caring for the Dead in the United Kingdom (original) (raw)

2013

Abstract

This book offers a systematic overview of the responses made by museums and other repositories in the UK to the ownership, care, storage, display and interpretation of human remains. It provides a baseline for understanding the scope and nature of human remains collections and the practices related to their care. International context is provided in an introductory section that explores how human remains are acquired and curated in other countries. A wide range of issues are discussed, making extensive use of case studies to explore the complex problems involved in caring for human remains; each chapter has been written by a leading expert. Topics addressed include: legislation and ethical obligations; issues of long-term and short-term care; perspectives on collections care from different parts of the UK; a comparison of attitudes and approaches adopted by large institutions and small museums; the creative use of redundant churches; and challenges facing research/teaching laboratories and museums when human remains are acquired during archaeological excavations. This book provides practical guidance and theoretical insights and is essential reading for practitioners, academics and undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of archaeology, anthropology, ethnography and museology.

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