Bibliographic Information
Resource Title
United States-Mexico Border: Rights of the Dead, Forensic Anthropologists, and Families of the Victims
Author(s)
Newberry Franco, D. A.
Parent Organization
Humboldt State University
Month of Last Update
May
Year of Last Update
2018
Full Date of Last Update or Access
October 8, 2020
Web Address (URL)
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1184&context=etd
Notes
Excerpt:
"From 1998-2018, over 6,000 migrants have been found dead after attempting to cross into the United States through its southern border; most of the deaths are due to harsh environmental conditions found through the crossing areas. Migrant remains are often found with no belongings or evidence to use to identify the deceased. Forensic anthropologists, medicolegal examiners, and non-governmental organizations such as Humane Borders, Águilas del Desierto [Eagles of the Desert], and the Colibrí Center for Human Rights have worked to recover, identify, and repatriate these remains. To understand the many facets of this process, this thesis explored the relationships between forensic anthropologists, nongovernmental organizations, medicolegal examiners, and migrants."
Taxonomies
RPA Codes & Standards
- Archaeologist's Responsibility to Colleagues, Employees, and Students
- Archaeologist's Responsibility to Employers and Clients
- Archaeologist's Responsibility to the Public
- Procedures for Field Survey or Excavation
CIfA Codes
Keywords & Terms
- Adequate and Responsible Reporting, Publication, and Dissemination
- Adequate Preparation
- Burials and Human Remains
- Consultation/Partnership with Affected Groups
- General Archaeological Ethics
- Impact on Communities - Local, Descendant, etc.
- International Law
- Local, State, Federal, and Tribal Laws
- Professional Relationships and Communication
- Promotion of Archaeological Research/Archaeology as Scientific Discipline
- Public Interest, Collaboration, Education, and Outreach
- Repatriation
- Respect for and Responsibility to Affected Groups
- Standards of Data Collection, Recordation, Analysis
Topics & Issues
- Applied Archaeology
- Collaboration in Archaeology (i.e. Communities, Non-Archaeologists, etc.)
- Ethical Case Studies
- Ethical Dilemmas
- Ethical Responsibilities of Archaeologists
- Ethnography
- Human Remains and Ethical Practice
- Human Rights and Social and Economic Inequalities
- ICE Detention Centers
- Interdisciplinary Research
- Landscape Issues, Archaeology, and Ethics
- Legal Issues
- Politics and Archaeology