Human Remains

Vicki Cassman is Assistant Professor of Conservation at the University of Delaware. Nancy Odegaard is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona as well as a conservator at the Arizona State Museum.Joseph Powell is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque and a physical anthropologist.

This book is an excellent and comprehensive resource that incorporates both theory and practical guidelines to elucidate a very complex and sensitive subject. It is an important review of a continually evolving aspect of anthropological and museum science with a global focus. The answers, guidance, and cultural insights that it provides will be useful to professionals, students, and other stakeholders endeavoring to balance the issues and concerns involved with human remains.

• 2 ForewordChapter 3 Introduction: Dealing with the DeadChapter 4 Ethics of Flesh and Bone, or Ethics in the Practice of Paleopathology, Osteology, and Bioarchaeology5 American Association of Museums Position StatementChapter 6 Policy7 Example Mission Statement for a University Collection8 Websites of Interest with Sample PoliciesChapter 9 Condition (Assessment) of Osteology Collections10 Access and Documentation of Collections in Law Enforcement Agencies: A Case Study11 Condition Glossary12 Common Vocabulary for Addressing Body Position or OrientationChapter 13 Examination and Analysis14 Padding and Support Materials15 Recommended Basic Tool Usage16 Beanbags for Support and Cushioning17 Temporary Markers for Indicating Bone Landmarks during Metric Analyses18 General Considerations in Casting19 Instrumental Analysis20 Arizona State Museum Destructive Testing PolicyChapter 21 Treatment and Invasive Actions22 Mexicans Clean Bones to Honor the Dead23 The Impact of Preservation Treatments on DNAChapter 24 Indigenous Value Orientations in the Care of Human Remains25 The Vermillion Accord on Human RemainsChapter 26 Storage and Transport27 The Osteology Box28 Labeling Procedures from the Arizona State Museum29 Materials Used for Storage Supports30 Steps for an Insect Monitoring Program31 Moving the Kennewick Man32 Rehousing the Kennewick Remains33 Packing RoyaltyChapter 34 Associated Artifacts35 Conservation Conversation I-III36 Associated Funerary Objects: Religious VotivesChapter 37 Documentation: History and Sources of Skeletons in Collections38 A Case Study: Colonialism and the Return of Sarah Baartman39 Linnaeus and the Origins of Typology40 Documentation Systems in Human OsteologyChapter 42 Associated Records: the Kennewick ProjectChapter 43 Multidisciplinary Research TeamsChapter 44 Fieldwork45 Tell Hesi Biblical Site46 Rescuing Mummies from Urban Centers in the Atacama Desert47 CremationsChapter 48 Working with the Dead: Health Concerns49 Respect for the Dead, Respect for the Living50 Personal Protective Equipment GuidelinesChapter 51 The Law of Human Remains and BurialsChapter 52 Respect for the Dead, Respect for the Living53 Guidelines for Treatment of Remains of Indian People in Archaeological Sites54 Spirit Man Cave: A Body of ContentionChapter 55 Display: The Body in the Museum56 Caring for an Egyptian Mummy and Coffin57 Views on Displaying Human Remains