Human Remains: Conservation, retrieval and analysis. Proceedings of a conference held in Williamsburg, VA, Nov 7-11th 1999: Conservation, retrieval and analysis. Proceedings of a conference held in Williamsburg, VA, Nov 7-11th 1999

The thirty-four papers published in this volume represent the proceedings of a conference on Human Remains held in Williamsburg, VA in November 1999. The conference was divided into six themes: Excavation and Fieldwork, Conservation, Soft Tissues and Mummies, Curation, Analysis and Ethics, and Law and Public Perception. The excavated material discussed comes from all continents and significant time periods. One of the principal aims of the conference was to address the current issues in the archaeology of human remains and encourage dialogue between the various specialists involved in conservation, curating, analysis, etc. The topical ethical and repatriation questions are also examined. Illustrated throughout with photographs, drawings, tables and figures. Inveestigation, Documentation And Repatriation Of Aboriginal Skeletal Remains / Michael Westaway And Alan Burns -- Reburial Laws In Action / Lane Beck And Lynn Teague -- From African-american Cemeteries In New York And Philadelphia Toward A Community-based Paradigm For The Excavations And Analysis Of Human Remains / John P. Mccarthy -- Es Ist Alles Tot Ding!? / Elke Beck -- The Crantit Tomb, Orkney / Beverley Ballin Smith -- A Bronze Age Burial From North-east England / Jennifer Jones -- The Cooperative Efforts In The Excavation Of A Royal Maya Tomb / Catherine Magee ... [et Al.] -- Hitting The Ground Running / Elizabeth Barham And Rebecca Lang -- Artifacts Associated With Human Remains / Vicki Cassman -- Respect For The Ancestors / Douglas Currie And Kevin Mcbride. Last Will, Hiding Pits, Hiding Caves / Susan Lebo And Ellen-rose Savulis -- Making Human Remains Talk / Maria Garcia Rosales And Carmen Chinea Brito -- The Conservation Of Ta-senet-net-hor, A Xxii Dynasty Egyptian Mummy / Ronald Harvey And Rika Smith Mcnally -- The Influence Of Conservation Treatments On Physical Anthropology Research / Georgios Panagiaris -- A Long-term Look At Polymers Used To Preserve Bone / Jessica Johnson -- Placing A Face In History / C. Wayne Smith ... [et Al.] -- Microfossils In Dental Calculus / Karl Reinhard ... [et Al.] -- Survival Of Human Hair / Andrew Wilson ... [et Al.] -- The Value Of Human Remains For Research And Education / David Hunt -- Analysis Of Curated Human Skeletal Remains From Highland Guatemala / Stephen Whittington -- Taking Another Look / Ann Palkovich. Standardized Protocol For Radiographic And Photographic Documentation Of Human Skeletons / Karin S. Bruwelheide, Jane Beck, And Sarah Pelot -- Three Dimensional (3-d) Reconstruction Applied To Mummy Conservation And Display / David Kiple ... [et Al.] -- Three Dimensional Digitizing Of Human Skulls As An Archival Procedure / Stephen Ousley And Ashley Mckeown -- Pressures On Osteological Collections / Anwen Caffell ... [et Al.] -- Human Skeletal Collections / Robert Janaway ... [et Al.] -- The Management Of Human Brains In Soft Tissue Collections / Vincent Wan -- An Historical Study Of Two Egyptian Mummies In The Milwaukee Public Museum / Carter Lupton -- From Privates To Presidents / Paul Sledzik And Lenore Barbian -- The Conservation And Rehousing Of The Kennewick Remains / Michael Trimble ... [et Al.]. Preparing For Bioanthropological Research After Repatriation / Melinda Carter, Dawn Cobb, And Michael Wiant -- When Your Insides Are Out / Lenore Barbian And Lisa Berndt -- London Bodies / Helen Ganiaris -- The Attraction Of The Macabre / Anna L. Wholley. Edited By Emily Williams. Includes Bibliographical References. Front Cover Title Page Copyright TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword Legal and Ethical Issues Excavation Associated Materials Conservation Analysis Documentation Curation Public Perception and Exhibition 34 papers by archaeologists, bioarchaeologists, conservators and physical anthropologists present different perspectives on issues concerned with the excavation of human remains