Ethical Approaches to Human Remains: A Global Challenge in Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology
Intro -- Foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen -- Foreword by Christopher J. Knüsel -- Foreword by Simon Mays -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Abstract -- 1.1 Ethics in Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology -- 1.2 Current State of Play of Ethics in Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology -- 1.3 Structure of the Book -- References -- Ethical Issues Surrounding Human Remains -- 2 The Dignity of the Dead: Ethical Reflections on the Archaeology of Human Remains -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Question of Human Dignity Regarding the Dead -- 2.3 The Symbolic Attitude Towards Death: Biological and Material Remains -- 2.4 Forgotten Death, Present Death -- 2.5 Ethical Approach to the Materiality of Forgotten Death -- 2.6 The Agathon of Bioarchaeology: The Being that Understands the Being -- 2.7 Conclusion -- References -- 3 What Remains? Human Rights After Death -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Argument -- 3.3 Histories -- 3.3.1 Humanitarianism -- 3.3.2 Human Rights -- 3.4 Law -- 3.5 Forensics -- 3.6 What Makes These 'Human' Rights? -- 3.7 Conclusions: What Remains? Residual Rights -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4 Research on Human Remains: An Ethics of Representativeness -- Abstract -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Sami Remains from Neiden -- 4.3 Representativeness and Research Ethics -- 4.4 Individuals and Representativeness -- 4.5 Representativeness: Two Perspectives -- 4.6 A Question of Truth -- 4.7 Co-creating Identities -- 4.8 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 5 The Ethical Awakening of Human Anatomy: Reassessing the Past and Envisioning a More Ethical Future -- Abstract -- 5.1 Changing Ethical Standards in Anatomy -- 5.1.1 Personal History of Questionable Ethical Dealings -- 5.1.2 Confronting Anonymous Archival Human Material.