Additional Information

Available Through

Chartered Institute for Archaeologists

Language

English

Notes

Human remains come with an extra ethical consideration. In the UK there are many legal requirements (for an overview see White 2010), but these do not always cover the ethical decisions that commercial osteoarchaeologists must make daily. Guidance documents are available (archaeologicalethics.org), but ethical dilemmas are rarely straightforward enough to be detailed in the exact same circumstances.

Taxonomies

RPA Codes & Standards

• Integrity of Research Methodology
• Procedures for Field Survey or Excavation
• Specimen and Research Record Storage

CIfA Codes

• Principle 3: Responsibility for acquiring and recording reliable information of the past in archaeological research
• Principle 4: Responsibility for the availability of archaeological results within reasonable dispatch

Keywords & Terms

• Burials and Human Remains
• General Archaeological Ethics

Topics & Issues

• Biological Anthropology/Archaeology
• Ethical Case Studies
• Ethical Dilemmas
• Ethical Responsibilities of Archaeologists
• Ethics of Collecting
• Human Remains and Ethical Practice
• NAGPRA, Repatriation, and Indigenous Rights
• Professionalism and Professional Standards