The dead and their possessions : repatriation in principle, policy and practice
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The dead and their possessions : repatriation in principle, policy and practice
(One world archaeology, 43)
Routledge, 2004
- : pbk
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Originally published: 2002
"First published in paperback 2004"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Inspired by a key session for the World Archaeological Congress in South Africa, The Dead and their Possessions is the first book to tackle the principle, policy and practice of repatriating museum artefacts, rather than cultural heritage in general.
Increasingly, indigenous people world-wide are asserting their fundamental right to determine the future of the human remains of their ancestors, and are requesting their return, often for reburial, with varying degrees of success. This repatriation campaign has become hugely significant in universities and museums where human remains uncovered through archaeological excavation have been retained for the scientific study of past populations.
This book will be invaluable to those involved in the collection and repatriation of remains and cultural objects to indigenous groups.
Table of Contents
List of figures, List of tables, List of contributors, Series editors' foreword, Preface to the paperback edition, Preface, Introduction: the reburial issue in the twenty-first century, 1. Repatriation as healing the wounds of the trauma of history: cases of Native Americans in the United States of America, 2. Collection, repatriation and identity, 3. Saami skulls, anthropological race research and the repatriation question in Norway, 4. Skeletal remains of the Norwegian Saami, 5. Indigenous Australian people, their defence of the dead and native title, 6. Bone reburial in Israel: legal restrictions and methodological implications, 7. A decade after the Vermillion Accord: what has changed and what has not?, 8. Academic freedom, stewardship and cultural heritage: weighing the interests of stakeholders in crafting repatriation approaches, 9. Implementing a 'true compromise': the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act after ten years, 10. Repatriation in the USA: a decade of federal agency activities under NAGPRA, 11. Artefactual awareness: Spiro Mounds, grave goods and politics, 12. Implementation of NAGPRA: the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard, 13. Ka Huaka'i O Na- 'O-iwi: the Journey Home, 14. Implementing repatriation in the United States: issues raised and lessons learned, 15. The plundered past: Britain's challenge for the future, 16. One hundred and sixty years of exile: Vaimaca Piru and the campaign to repatriate his remains to Uruguay, 17. Tambo, 18. Yagan, 19. The connection between archaeological treasures and the Khoisan people, 20. Missing persons and stolen bodies: the repatriation of 'El Negro' to Botswana, 21. The reburial of human remains at Thulamela, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 22. 'Ndi nnyi ane a do dzhia marambo?' - 'who will take the bones?': excavations at Matoks, Northern Province, South Africa, 23. The reburial issue in Argentina: a growing conflict, 24. Partnership in museums: a tribal Maori response to repatriation, 25. Indigenous governance in museums: a case study, the Auckland War Memorial Museum, 26. Developments in the repatriation of human remains and other cultural items in Queensland, Australia, 27. Practicalities in the return of remains: the importance of provenance and the question of unprovenanced remains, 28. Heritage that hurts: the case of the grave of Cecil John Rhodes in the Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe, Index
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