05835nam 2200793 450 991079842500332120231212202755.00-19-191700-10-19-106797-0(CKB)3710000000747430(EBL)4706468(MiAaPQ)EBC4706468(StDuBDS)EDZ0002341816(Au-PeEL)EBL4706468(CaPaEBR)ebr11274895(OCoLC)953456458(PPN)272104167(EXLCZ)99371000000074743020161013h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierArchaeologists and the dead mortuary archaeology in contemporary society /edited by Howard Williams and Melanie GilesFirst edition.Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (486 p.)Oxford scholarship onlineThis edition previously issued in print: 2016.0-19-875353-5 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Cover; Archaeologists and the Dead: Mortuary Archaeology in Contemporary Society; Copyright; Foreword; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction: Mortuary Archaeology in Contemporary Society; Mortuary Archaeology in the UK; Reburial and repatriation; The `crisis ́in burial archaeology; Naming the dead; Plural identities: fragments and absences; Telling Tales: Archaeologists and the Dead; Introducing the Book: the Dead and the Archaeologist; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Part 1: Investigating the DeadChapter 2: Questions Raised in Excavating the Recent DeadIntroduction; Excavating Modern or Contemporary Cemeteries; Principles of the Project; Keeping a low profile; Reburial and respect; Categorizing the Dead; What is the Significance and Relevance of this Type of Project to the Contemporary World?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 3: Personhood and Re-Embodiment in Osteological Practice; Introduction; Encountering the Dead; Manipulation and Transformation of the Dead; Re-Embodiment; Embodiment and Personhood at the Alameda-Stone Cemetery, Tucson, Arizona; Personhood and the OsteologistAcknowledgementsEndnotes; Bibliography; Chapter 4: Separating the Emotions: Archaeological Mentalities in Central Italian Funerary Archaeology; Introduction; Archaeological Mentalities and Ethnographies of Archaeology; The Research Design; The Interviewees; Archaeologists and the Dead; Archaeologists and the Ancestors; Discussion; Conclusions; Appendix 1; Intervista; Appendix 2; Acknowledgements; Endnotes; Bibliography; Chapter 5: Slave-Trade Archaeology and the Public: The Excavation of a `Liberated African ́Graveyard on St Helena; Introduction; St Helena And The Air Access ProjectData GatheringEthnic Origins And Cultural Ownership; Public Engagement; Attitudes To The Dead; Superstition; International Attention; Conclusion; Endnotes; Bibliography; Chapter 6: Habeas Corpus: Contested Ownership of Casualties of the Great War; Introduction; Finding the Fallen; Ownership and Claim; Tribal Ancestor Worship; The Archaeologists; Happy Families?; Wider Communities; Ecce Homo; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Endnotes; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Chapter 7: Bones Without Barriers: The Social Impact of Digging the Dead; IntroductionArchaeology and modern death cultureThe Value of Archaeology; Bones Without Barriers at Oakington; Oakington early Anglo-Saxon cemetery; Methodology; Participatory and non-participant observation; Interviews and conversations; Themes:; Results; 2010 quantitative results; 2011 qualitative research; Relationships between the living and the dead; Learning from the dead; Ethics: the way itś dug; Discussion: the Social Impact of Digging the Dead; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Appendix 1; Feedback Form; Bibliography; Part 2: Displaying the DeadChapter 8: Museum Practice and the Display of Human RemainsThis text is about how archaeologists deal with the dead, and how the ancient dead in turn have a lasting affect upon us. It questions the purpose of working with human remains, not just in the UK, but wider afield on the Continent and in the US. Above all, it brings to the fore the many personal and professional challenges of working with the dead.Oxford scholarship online.Human remains (Archaeology)CongressesFuneral rites and ceremonies, AncientCongressesDeathSocial aspectsCongressesSocial archaeologyCongressesExcavations (Archaeology)CongressesArchaeologistsCongressesArchaeologySocial aspectsCongressesMemorialsSocial aspectsCongressesHuman remains (Archaeology)Funeral rites and ceremonies, AncientDeathSocial aspectsSocial archaeologyExcavations (Archaeology)ArchaeologistsArchaeologySocial aspectsMemorialsSocial aspects930.1Williams Howard1972-Giles MelanieInstitute for Archaeologists.Theoretical Archaeology Group (England).Conference(32nd :2010 :University of Bristol)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798425003321Archaeologists and the dead3730206UNINA