Ethical Approaches to Human Remains A Global Challenge in Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Squires, Kirsty (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Errickson, David (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Márquez-Grant, Nicholas (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Ethics.; Physical anthropology.; Forensic science.; Biological and Physical Anthropology.; Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary.; Forensic Science.

This book is the first of its kind, combining international perspectives on the current ethical considerations and challenges facing bioarchaeologists in the recovery, analysis, curation, and display of human remains. It explores how museum curators, commercial practitioners, forensic anthropologist...

Table of Contents:

• Philosophical approaches to the ethics of bioarchaeology
• The scientific value of human remains
• History and ethics of bioarchaeology
• Excavation of human remains
• Analysis of human remains
• Curation of human remains
• Repatriation of human remains
• Displaying the dead
• Religions and ethics
• Funerary aspects of ethics
• Imaging techniques and the rise of social media
• Ethics in Forensic Anthropology
• Case Studies
• Closing Remarks and Future Directions and Challenges.