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Repatriation and erasing the past
Title
Repatriation and erasing the past / Elizabeth Weiss and James W. Springer.
ISBN
9781683401575
1683401573
9781683401858
Publication
Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2020]
Physical Description
xii, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Weiss, Elizabeth, Repatriation and erasing the past Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 2020.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 02, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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
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