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Dieses Buch bietet ein modernes methodisches Kompendium, mit dessen Hilfe eine umfassende Bearbeitung von historischen menschlichen Skelettresten möglich ist. Dargestellt ist das gesamte gängige methodische Repertoire von der Ausgrabung bis zur vergleichenden Auswertung der Daten. Ein Schwergewicht liegt auf moderner Laboranalytik (u.a. Isotopen- und DNA-Analyse). Auf ungewöhnliche Überlieferungsformen menschlicher Überreste (Leichenbrände, Mumien, Moorleichen) wird ebenfalls ausführlich eingegangen. Berücksichtigt werden die Entwicklungen der letzen Jahre, v.a. auch auf dem juristischem und dem ethischem Sektor.

A black and white photograph of some of the victims of the concentration camp in Nordhausen. ; https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/leonardgreenwalt/1001/thumbnail.jpg

"This book explores human remains as objects for research and display in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Influenced by early skull collectors such as Samuel George Morton, zealous scientists at museums in the United States established human skeletal collections. Museums such as the Smithsonian Institution, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Field Museum of Natural History established their own collections. Universities soon followed, with bones collected for Penn, Berkeley, and Harvard. American Indian remains collected from the American West arrived at museums at an increasingly fervent pace, and the project swiftly became global in scope. Coinciding with a high-water mark in Euro-American colonialism, collecting bones became a unique and evolving expression of colonialism experienced through archaeological, anthropological, and anatomical study of race and the body via work with human remains collections. In revealing this story, The Great Bone Race surveys shifts away from racial classification theories toward emerging ideas regarding human origins, arguing that the study of human remains contributed significantly to changing ideas about race and human history. These ideas were hotly contested, and competition to collect and exhibit rare human remains from around the world thrust ideas about race and history into the public realm through prominent museum displays visited by millions."--Provided by publisher

If human burials were our only window onto the past, what story would they tell? Skeletal injuries constitute the most direct and unambiguous evidence for violence in the past. Whereas weapons or defenses may simply be statements of prestige or status and written sources are characteristically biased and incomplete, human remains offer clear and unequivocal evidence of physical aggression reaching as far back as we have burials to examine. Warfare is often described as 'senseless' and as having no place in society. Consequently, its place in social relations and societal change remains obscure. The studies in 'The Routledge Handbook of the Bioarchaeology of Human Conflict' present an overview of the nature and development of human conflict from prehistory to recent times as evidenced by the remains of past people themselves in order to explore the social contexts in which such injuries were inflicted

Bioarchaeological studies of children have, until recently, centered on population data-driven topics like mortality rates and growth and morbidity patterns. This volume examines emerging issues in childhood studies, looking at historic and prehistoric contexts and framing questions about the nature and quality of children's lives. How did they develop their social identity? Were they economic actors in early civilizations? Does their health reflect the larger community? Comparing and contrasting field research from a variety of sites across Europe and the Americas, the contributors to this

Essay re the response of South Carolina museums and cultural institutions requirement to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), passed in 1990.

An essay about the response of South Carolina museums and cultural institutions requirement to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), passed in 1990.

Intro -- REPATRIATION OF INDIAN HUMAN REMAINS: EFFORTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION -- REPATRIATION OF INDIAN HUMAN REMAINS: EFFORTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: MUCH WORK STILL NEEDED TO IDENTIFY AND REPATRIATE INDIAN HUMAN REMAINS AND OBJECTS -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND -- Museum Missions and Repatriation Offices -- NAGPRA Requirements and How They Differ from Those of the NMAI Act -- Special Committee Requirements under the NMAI Act -- Board of Trustees' Authority Established by the NMAI Act -- SINCE 1989, THE SMITHSONIAN HAS PREPARED REQUIRED SUMMARIES AND INVENTORIES AND HAS OFFERED TO REPATRIATE ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF ITS INDIAN HUMAN REMAINS -- Both Museums Generally Prepared Required Documents on Time, but Inventories Raise Questions about Compliance with the NMAI Act -- Smithsonian's Progress in Offering Human Remains and Objects for Repatriation Has Been Slow -- The Smithsonian Identified Challenges to Meeting Its Repatriation Requirements -- THE REVIEW COMMITTEE'S OVERSIGHT AND REPORTING ARE LIMITED, AND IT FACES SOME CHALLENGES TO FULFILLING ITS REQUIREMENTS -- Contrary to the NMAI Act, the Review Committee Only Monitors the Repatriation Activities of the Natural History Museum -- The Review Committee Monitors the Natural History Museum but Does Not Report to Congress -- The Review Committee Has Heard Few Disputes, and No Independent Appeals Process Exists for Smithsonian Decisions -- The Review Committee Identified Challenges It Faces -- MOST HUMAN REMAINS AND MANY OBJECTS OFFERED FOR REPATRIATION HAVE BEEN REPATRIATED, BUT THE SMITHSONIAN HAS NO POLICY ON CULTURALLY UNIDENTIFIABLE ITEMS