Legislation forces archaeologists to rebury finds
Bones and skulls from ancient settlements will be reburied and lost to science under controversial legislation that threatens to cripple archeological research
Human remains from Stonehenge and other ancient settlements will be reburied and lost to science under legislation that threatens to cripple research into the history of humans in Britain, a group of leading archaeologists says today.
In a letter addressed to the justice secretary, Ken Clarke, and printed in the Guardian today, 40 archaeology professors write of their “deep and widespread concern” about the issue.
More:
guardian.co.uk/science/2011/feb/04/archaeologists-forced-to-rebury-finds?cat=science&type=article
An interesting follow-up to this by Mike Pitts:
mikepitts.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/why-do-archaeologists-worry-about-human-remains/
G x
Thanks for posting that G, I'll read it through carefully a bit later.
And there's more!
mikepitts.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/update-on-excavating-human-remains/
G x
Well the Justice Minister seems flexible - a climbing down maybe?
guardian.co.uk/science/2011/feb/09/flexible-reburying-archaeology-heritage