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Simon Mays English Heritage

National Human Remains Guidelines in England and the Educational use of Archaeological Human Remains. Simon Mays English Heritage. The Guidelines DCMS EHC-of-E BABAO.

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Simon Mays English Heritage

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  1. National Human Remains Guidelines in Englandand the Educational use of Archaeological Human Remains Simon Mays English Heritage

  2. The Guidelines DCMS EH\C-of-E BABAO

  3. Educational value of human remains is often not emphasised in guidelines on archaeological human remains • Ethical debates in England & elsewhere mainly framed in terms of research versus reburial • EH / CofE policy of use of partially or fully redundant churches to store remains

  4. Do we need to use real bones for university teaching? • DCMS, EH\C-of-E & BABAO guidelines say yes! • Models / casts: • Do not adequately reproduce anatomical detail • Do not reproduce archaeological reality • Do not encompass range of natural and pathological variability

  5. Should we use real bones for handling sessions at public events? • Why would we need to? • DCMS guideline: emphasises risks involved • EH/C-of-E guideline: models / casts may be preferable • Some organisations do use real bones & report no problems

  6. Different criteria affect research and teaching value of a collection

  7. Ethical issues in the use of human remains for teaching • Knowledge-based ethics: the preservation of the information content of a collection Actions: obligate behaviours that ensure the integrity of a collection • Respect for human remains: What does respect mean in practical terms? Actions: Only use remains for their intended purpose; refrain from actions that are not consistent with this

  8. Destructive sampling of human remains in student projects: how can it be justified? • Imperative of preservation of collections vs imperative toward gaining new knowledge from them • Likelihood of useful knowledge being generated that could not be gained in another way • Educational value to the student

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