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Legislation forces archaeologists to rebury findsBones 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: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/feb/04/archaeologists-forced-to-rebury-finds?cat=science&type=article |
Posted by goffik4th February 2011ce |
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An interesting follow-up to this by Mike Pitts: http://mikepitts.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/why-do-archaeologists-worry-about-human-remains/ G x |
Posted by goffik 5th February 2011ce |
| Thanks for posting that G, I'll read it through carefully a bit later. |
Posted by tjj5th February 2011ce |
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And there's more! http://mikepitts.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/update-on-excavating-human-remains/ G x |
Posted by goffik 8th February 2011ce |
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Well the Justice Minister seems flexible - a climbing down maybe? http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/feb/09/flexible-reburying-archaeology-heritage |
Posted by moss9th February 2011ce |
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