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ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOKS The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and Legislation An international guide to laws and practice in the excavation and treatment of archaeological human remains Edited by Nicholas Márquez-Grant and Linda Fibiger THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL HUMAN REMAINS AND LEGISLATION Methodologies and legislative frameworks regarding the archaeological excavation, retrieval, analysis, curation and potential reburial of human remains differ throughout the world. As workforces have become increasingly mobile andinternationalresearchcollaborationsaresteadilyincreasing,theneedforamorecomprehensiveunderstandingof different national research traditions, methodologies and legislative structures within the academic and commercial sectorofphysicalanthropologyhasarisen.TheRoutledgehandbookofarchaeologicalhumanremainsandlegislationprovides comprehensiveinformationontheexcavationofarchaeologicalhumanremainsandthelawthroughover50indi- vidualcountrycontributionsfromEurope,Asia,Africa,NorthAmerica,SouthAmericaandOceaniawithanadditional contribution on Antarctica. Morespecifically,thevolumediscussesthefollowing: (cid:1) Whatisthecurrentsituation(includingabriefhistory,educationandtraining)ofphysicalanthropologyinthe country? (cid:1) Whathappensondiscoveringhumanremains?Whoisnotified?Whatistheprotocol? (cid:1) Whereisthecut-offpointbetweenforensicandarchaeologicalhumanremains(e.g.,100years,50years,25years)? (cid:1) What is the current legislation regarding the excavation of archaeological human skeletal remains? Is a licence neededtoexcavatehumanremains?Isthereanyspecificlegislationregardingtheexcavationofhumanremains, theirtransportation,studyandreburial?Anyspecificlegislationregardinghumanremainsfromchurchyardsand thosefromrecentwargraves? (cid:1) Arephysicalanthropologistsinvolvedintheexcavationprocess? (cid:1) What methods of anthropological analysis are mostly used in the country? Are there any population-specific methodscreatedinthecountry? (cid:1) Arethereanyparticularethicalissuesthatneedtobeconsideredwhenexcavatinghumanremainsinaparticular country? Inaddition,anoverviewoflandmarkanthropologicalstudiesandimportantcollectionsisprovidedwhereappropriate, as well as a list of useful resources (e.g., institutions, government and museum websites). The contributions are discussed in an introductory chapter by the editors, which establishes the objectives and structureofthebook,settingitwithinawiderarchaeologicalframework,andinaconclusionwhichsummarizesthe currentEuropeanandworldwidetrendsandperspectivesinthestudyofarchaeologicalhumanremains.TheRoutledge handbook of archaeological human remains and legislation makes a timely, much-needed contribution to the fields of physical anthropology, osteoarchaeology and bioarchaeology combining information on the excavation of human remainsandthelegislationthatguidesit,alongsideinformationonthecurrentstateofphysicalanthropologyacross several continents. It is an indispensible tool for archaeologists, anthropologists and other scientists involved in the excavationandstudyofhumanremainsaroundtheworld. Dr Nicholas Márquez-Grant is a Forensic Anthropologist and Archaeologist at Cellmark Forensic Services, Abingdon(UK)andaResearchAssociateattheInstituteofHumanSciences,SchoolofAnthropologyandMuseum Ethnography,UniversityofOxford.Hehasdoneconsiderableworkonhumanskeletalremainsfromarchaeological contexts ranging from the Neolithic to the 19th century and from a number of countries. He is also regularly involvedinforensicworkintheUK.Hehastaughtbiologicalanthropologysince2001attheUniversityofOxford. DrLindaFibigerisaphysicalanthropologistwhoseresearchinterestsincludeinterpersonalviolenceandconflictin prehistoric Europe,Irish EarlyChristian Burials,and standards and practiceinosteoarchaeology. Shehas published widelyoncommercialandresearchprojectsinBritainandIreland,andiscurrentlyinvolvedinaresearchprojectat theUniversityofCardiffonchangingpatternsoflivingintheearliestagriculturalsocietiesofcentralEurope. THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL HUMAN REMAINS AND LEGISLATION An international guide to laws and practice in the excavation and treatment of archaeological human remains Edited by Nicholas Márquez-Grant and Linda Fibiger Firstpublished2011 byRoutledge 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RN SimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanada byRoutledge 270MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016 RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness ©2011NicholasMárquez-GrantandLindaFibiger forselectionandeditorialmatter;individualchapters,theircontributors Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilizedinany formorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented, includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem, withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData TheRoutledgehandbookofarchaeologicalhumanremainsandlegislation:an internationalguidetolawsandpracticeintheexcavationandtreatmentofarchaeological humanremains/editedbyNicholasMárquez-GrantandLindaFibiger. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. 1.Humanremains(Archaeology)--Lawandlegislation.I.Márquez-Grant, Nicholas,1976-II.Fibiger,Linda.III.Title:Handbookofarchaeological humanremainsandlegislation. K3791.R682010 344'.094--dc22 2010020706 ISBN:978-0-415-58857-7(hbk) ISBN:978-0-203-83871-6(ebk) TypesetinBemboby Taylor&FrancisBooks PrintedandboundinGreatBritainby CPIAntonyRowe,Chippenham,Wiltshire CONTENTS List of illustrations xi Notes on contributors xv Foreword xxiii Professor Don Brothwell Notes from the Editors xxv Introduction xxvi Nicholas Márquez-Grant and Linda Fibiger PART1 Europe 1 1 Albania 3 Maria Grazia Amore 2 Andorra 9 Abel Fortó García 3 Armenia 19 Maureen E. Marshall and Ruzan A. Mkrtchyan 4 Azerbaijan 35 David Maynard and Najaf Museyibli 5 Belarus 41 Lidija Tegako and Olga Sorokina 6 Belgium 47 Kim Quintelier, Agnès Malevez, Rosine Orban, Michel Toussaint, Marit Vandenbruaene and Geneviève Yernaux v Contents 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 63 Amila Zukanovi´c, Nermin Sarajli´c and Senem Škulj 8 Bulgaria 73 Bisserka Gaydarska 9 Croatia 83 Mario Šlaus, Mario Novak and Marin Vodanovi´c 10 Cyprus 99 Kirsi O. Lorentz 11 Czech Republic 113 ˇ Petr Velemínský and Lumír Polácek 12 Denmark 131 Tina Christensen and Pia Bennike 13 Finland 139 Milton Núñez, Markku Niskanen, Marja-Leena Kortelainen, Juho-Antti Junno, Kirsti Paavola, Sirpa Niinimäki and Mirette Modarress 14 France 151 Juliette Michel and Philippe Charlier 15 Germany 165 Jörg Orschiedt, Ursula Wittwer-Backofen and Stefan Flohr 16 Greece 173 Constantine Eliopoulos, Konstantinos Moraitis, Velissaria Vanna and Sotiris Manolis 17 Hungary 185 Ildikó Pap and György Pálfi 18 Iceland 203 Guðný Zoëga and Hildur Gestsdóttir 19 Ireland 211 Laureen Buckley 20 Italy 221 Dario Piombino-Mascali and Albert R. Zink vi Contents 21 Kosovo 235 Shirley J. Schermer, Edi Shukriu and Sylvia Deskaj 22 Lithuania 249 Rimantas Jankauskas 23 Luxembourg 257 Ilka Weidig, Christiane Bis-Worch, Nils-Jörn Rehbach, Ulrich Nothwang, Anja Sindermann, Jean Krier, Foni Le Brun-Ricalens and Jeannot Metzler 24 FYRO Macedonia 267 Fanica Veljanovska 25 Malta 275 Anthony Pace 26 Moldova 287 Sergiu Mustea¸ta˘ and Alexander Varzari 27 Monaco 297 Luca Bianconi 28 Montenegro 305 Mile Bakovi´c and Ivana Medenica 29 Netherlands 309 Elisabeth Smits 30 Norway 317 Berit J. Sellevold 31 Poland 331 Wiesław Lorkiewicz, Iwona Teul and Paulina Kubacka 32 Portugal 341 Cláudia Umbelino and Ana Luísa Santos 33 Romania 355 Szilárd Sándor Gál 34 Russia 363 Alexandra Buzhilova vii Contents 35 Serbia 375 Marija Djuri´c and Andrej Starovi´c 36 Slovakia 391 Radoslav Benˇuš, Sonˇa Masnicová, Zuzana Obertová and Drahoslav Hulínek 37 Slovenia 403 Petra Leben-Seljak and Pavel Jamnik 38 Spain 423 Nicholas Márquez-Grant, Carme Rissech, Olalla López-Costas, Inmaculada Alemán and Luis Caro Dobón 39 Sweden 441 Torbjörn Ahlström, Elisabeth Iregren, Kristina Jennbert and Lena Strid 40 Turkey 455 Handan Üstündag˘ 41 Ukraine 469 Inna Potekhina 42 The United Kingdom 479 Bill White PART2 Rest of the world 493 Africa 43 Egypt 495 Salima Ikram 44 Republic of South Africa 501 Willem Coenraad Nienaber and Maryna Steyn 45 Sudan 513 Tina Jakob and Mongeda Khalid Magzoub Ali North America 46 Canada 525 Jerome S. Cybulski viii Contents 47 United States of America 533 Douglas H. Ubelaker 48 Mexico 543 Lourdes Márquez Morfín and Ernesto González Licón 49 Guatemala 553 Lourdes Penados 50 Puerto Rico 563 Myriam Llorens-Liboy and Milton Núñez South America Coordinated and introduced by Paola Ponce 51 Argentina 579 Marina L. Sardi 52 Brazil 587 Sheila Maria Ferraz Mendonça de Souza 53 Chile 595 Eugenio Aspillaga Fontaine and Bernardo Arriaza 54 Uruguay 605 Mónica Sans Asia 55 Israel 613 Yossi Nagar 56 Thailand 623 Siân Halcrow, Nancy Tayles, Natthamon Pureepatpong and Korakot Boonlop Oceania 57 Australia 633 Denise Donlon and Judith Littleton 58 New Zealand 647 Nancy Tayles and Siân Halcrow ix
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