The Conservation of Human Remains: Ethical Questions and Experiences in America

The ethics and deontology of the conservation-restoration of human remains in the United States is explored in this article. Most indigenous people venerate human remains. When considering care, treatment, storage, display, or research there are typically ideological intensions and ethics, cultural...

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Auteurs principaux: Odegaard, Nancy, Cassman, Vicki
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Langue:Anglais
Publié: Technè 2019
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Accès en ligne:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Résumé:The ethics and deontology of the conservation-restoration of human remains in the United States is explored in this article. Most indigenous people venerate human remains. When considering care, treatment, storage, display, or research there are typically ideological intensions and ethics, cultural traditions of appropriateness, and legal regulations that must be considered. Conservators need to be responsive to legislative changes and to calls from descendant communities. Conservation has moved away from treatment to a responsive and collaborative role in research, analysis, or repatriation. This paper gives an introduction to propriety and impropriety of conservation related to NAGPRA.