Repatriation and erasing the past /Elizabeth Weiss and James W. Springer.

Weiss, Elizabeth,

Repatriation and erasing the past /Elizabeth Weiss and James W. Springer. - Gainesville : University of Florida Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

Part I. The Science of Human Remains -- Paleoindians : The Understudied Individuals -- North American Mummies : Lost Opportunities -- Biological Relationships : Missing Links -- Reconstructing the Past : Correcting Fallacies -- Part II. Human Remains and the Law -- NAGPRA and Beyond : Repatriation and Related Laws in the United States -- Other Repatriation Movements in the United States -- Part III. A Critique of the Repatriation Movement -- Reburial, Religion, and Race -- Oral Tradition as Evidence for Repatriation -- Indian Treatment of the Human Body -- Repatriation and the End of Scientific Freedom

"Engaging a current controversy important to archaeologists and indigenous communities, this volume takes a critical look at laws that mandate the return of human remains from museums and laboratories to ancestral burial grounds, offering scientific and legal perspectives on the ways repatriation laws impact research"--



9781683401858

2020015454


Human remains (Archaeology)--Repatriation.
Archaeology--Law and legislation.
Archaeology--Moral and ethical aspects.
Archaeology--Political aspects.


Electronic Books.

CC79 / .R473 2020