Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction: Human Remains Curation in the United Kingdom
- 1 International Perspectives towards Human Remains Curation
- 2 Dealings with the Dead: A Personal Consideration of the Ongoing Human Remains Debate
- 3 Care, Custody and Display of Human Remains: Legal and Ethical Obligations
- 4 The Impact and Effectiveness of the Human Tissue Act 2004 and the Guidance for the Care of Human Remains in Museums in England
- 5 Dead and Forgotten? Some Observations on Human Remains Documentation in the UK
- 6 Tethering Time and Tide? Human Remains Guidance and Legislation for Scottish Museums
- 7 The Quick and the Deid: A Scottish Perspective on Caring for Human Remains at the Perth Museum and Art Gallery
- 8 The Museum of London: An Overview of Policies and Practice
- 9 Curating Human Remains in a Regional Museum: Policy and Practice at the Great North Museum: Hancock
- 10 Curation of Human Remains at St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber, England
- 11 Archaeological Human Remains and Laboratories: Attaining Acceptable Standards for Curating Skeletal Remains for Teaching and Research
- 12 ‘No Room at the Inn’ … Contract Archaeology and the Storage of Human Remains
- 13 Changes in Policy for Excavating Human Remains in England and Wales
- 14 Conclusions and Ways Forward
- Appendix 1 DCMS Guidance for the Care of Human Remains in Museums: Contents page and Part 2
- Appendix 2 MGS Guidelines for the Care of Human Remains in Scottish Museum Collections: Contents page and Chapter 2
- List of Contributors
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Appendix 1 - DCMS Guidance for the Care of Human Remains in Museums: Contents page and Part 2
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction: Human Remains Curation in the United Kingdom
- 1 International Perspectives towards Human Remains Curation
- 2 Dealings with the Dead: A Personal Consideration of the Ongoing Human Remains Debate
- 3 Care, Custody and Display of Human Remains: Legal and Ethical Obligations
- 4 The Impact and Effectiveness of the Human Tissue Act 2004 and the Guidance for the Care of Human Remains in Museums in England
- 5 Dead and Forgotten? Some Observations on Human Remains Documentation in the UK
- 6 Tethering Time and Tide? Human Remains Guidance and Legislation for Scottish Museums
- 7 The Quick and the Deid: A Scottish Perspective on Caring for Human Remains at the Perth Museum and Art Gallery
- 8 The Museum of London: An Overview of Policies and Practice
- 9 Curating Human Remains in a Regional Museum: Policy and Practice at the Great North Museum: Hancock
- 10 Curation of Human Remains at St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber, England
- 11 Archaeological Human Remains and Laboratories: Attaining Acceptable Standards for Curating Skeletal Remains for Teaching and Research
- 12 ‘No Room at the Inn’ … Contract Archaeology and the Storage of Human Remains
- 13 Changes in Policy for Excavating Human Remains in England and Wales
- 14 Conclusions and Ways Forward
- Appendix 1 DCMS Guidance for the Care of Human Remains in Museums: Contents page and Part 2
- Appendix 2 MGS Guidelines for the Care of Human Remains in Scottish Museum Collections: Contents page and Chapter 2
- List of Contributors
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Summary
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Contents
Foreword
Message from the NMDC, MLA and MA
Introduction
Background
Acknowledgements
Glossary and interpretations
Part 1: Legal and ethical framework
1. Legal framework
Legal issues arising from the care and use of human remains
Legal issues arising from decisions to de-accession human remains
2. Ethical framework
Background Purpose
Procedural responsibilities
Ethical principles
Part 2: The curation, care and use of human remains (Reproduced fully, below)
1. Introduction
2. Museum governance and expert advice
3. Acquisition
4. Loans
5. De-accessioning
6. storage, conservation and collections management
7. Public display
8. Use, access and education
9. Research and sampling
10. Inventories of collections
Part 3: Claims for the return of remains
1. Introduction
2. Background
3. Procedural guidance
3.1 Proposal
3.2 Evidence gathering
A. The Status of those making the request and continuity with remains
B. The cultural, spiritual and religious significance of the remains
C. The Age of remains
D. How the remains were originally removed and acquired
E. The status of the remains within the museum/legal status of institution
F. The scientific, educational and historical value of the remains to the museum and the public
G. How the remains have been used in the past
H. The future of the remains if returned
I. Records of the remains J. Other options
K. Policy of the country of origin
L. Precedent
3.3 synthesis and Analysis
3.4 Advice
3.5 Decide case
3.6 Action
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- Chapter
- Information
- Curating Human RemainsCaring for the Dead in the United Kingdom, pp. 167 - 175Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2013