| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
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text file |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human remains (Archaeology) -- Repatriation.
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Human remains (Archaeology) -- Repatriation. |
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Archaeology -- Law and legislation.
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Archaeology -- Law and legislation. |
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Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Archaeology. |
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Archaeology -- Political aspects.
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Archaeology -- Political aspects. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Springer, James W., author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Weiss, Elizabeth. Repatriation and erasing the past Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 2020. 9781683401575 (DLC) 2020015453 |
| ISBN |
9781683401858 electronic book |
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1683401859 electronic book |
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9781683401575 hardcover |
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