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	41-865 - Disturbing human remains or funerary objects; rules; violation; classification; definitions
		C. Within one year after the effective date of this section, the director shall adopt rules relating to reporting procedures, procedures to request permission to disturb human remains and funerary objects and the standards to be used for granting permission to disturb human remains and funerary objects.
		E. If the director or a group with a cultural affinity in consultation with the landowner determines that human remains or funerary objects shall be preserved in place, moved or reburied, any costs required by these actions may be borne either wholly or partially by the landowner.
		On conviction the person forfeits to the Arizona state museum all human remains, funerary objects and other artifacts removed in connection with the violation of subsection A or B and all proceeds from the sale of these remains, objects or artifacts.
	www.azleg.state.az.us /ars/41/00865.htm (533 words)

	Human Remains - Pitt Rivers Museum
		While the focus of the Museum is on human cultures and how different peoples have solved the problems of everyday life, the collections include human remains acquired to show some aspect of culture: the remembrance of the dead (e.g.
		Some human remains, such as crania and hair samples, were acquired early in the last century by Museum staff who researched issues of cross-cultural similarity and difference, while others, such as scalps and shrunken heads, came to the Museum from early collectors who acquired them as curios and examples of cultural practices.
		Museum staff have also considered the ethics of displaying human remains, and have begun to redisplay cases that include human remains to ensure that the intended educational and cultural information is communicated well and that the displays are respectful to both visitors and the dead.
	www.prm.ox.ac.uk /human.html (1866 words)

	Recovery of Human Remains
		Recovering human remains that are buried and/or badly decomposed or skeletonized is the same as any other death investigation, with the basic four types of manner of deaths (homicide, suicide, accidental, and natural) possible.
		Current procedures for identifying the deceased are by finger, palm or foot prints, dental charts and x-rays, comparison x-rays of old injuries and deformities of the deceased, measurement of the bones of the skeleton to determine approximate age, height, existence of physical deformities such as missing fingers, etc., and tattoos.
		If the remains are buried in a shallow grave, it is possible that scavengers may have disturbed the burial and dragged individual bones or parts of the body away from the grave site.
	www.cji.net /CJI/CenterInfo/fscec/Recovery.htm (8030 words)

	CDC Tsunamis \| Interim Health Recommendations for Workers who Handle Human Remains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-06-19)
		Human remains may contain blood-borne viruses such as hepatitis viruses and HIV, and bacterial pathogens that cause diarrheal diseases, such as shigella and salmonella.
		However, for people who must directly handle remains, such as recovery personnel, or persons identifying remains or preparing the remains for burial or cremation, there is a risk of exposure to such viruses or bacteria.
		Agencies coordinating the management of human remains are encouraged to develop programs providing psychological and emotional support and care for workers during and after recovery activities.
	www.bt.cdc.gov /disasters/tsunamis/handleremains.asp (609 words)

	NPS Archeology Program: Kennewick Man
		Comparison of sediments adhering to the skeletal remains and sediments from the river bank profile are consistent with the skeletal remains having been buried in sediments stratigraphically dated pre-7000 BP (Huckleberry and Stein 1999).
		Prior to the detailed examination of the Kennewick human remains in February, 1999, reported by Powell and Rose (1999) there were questions concerning whether the skeletal elements collected during July and August, 1996, were from a single individual.
		Results of the earlier documentation, examination, and analysis of the remains themselves, sediment analysis comparing the sediment on the bones with sediment from the soil profile near where they were recovered, analysis of the lithic point embedded in the left ilium of the remains, and geomorphologic studies near the discovery site also support this determination.
	www.cr.nps.gov /archeology/kennewick/c14memo.htm (2606 words)

	Policy on human remains hampers new thinking on archaeological finds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-06-19)
		Human remains, even those many thousands of years old, routinely are given by U.S. Park Service officials to tribes for reburial on the unscientific assumption that the remains are ancestors of modern Native Americans.
		The Park Service's human remains repatriation policy "is driven by expediency," Keith Kintigh, president of the Society of American Archaeology, charged at the conference.
		Decades of offensive behavior by arrogant scientists indifferent to Indian sensitivities about remains of their ancestors tempt one to say that the prohibition on research on ancient human remains serves scientists right.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /opinion/focus05.shtml (2225 words)

	Amazon.com: Forensic Osteology: Advances in the Identification of Human Remains: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-06-19)
		Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton by M.
		When Forensic Osteology: Advances in the Identification of Human Remains appeared in 1986, forensic anthropology was already firmly established as an important specialty in the medicolegal system.
		Recovery of remains, taphonomy and trauma analysis are among the areas discussed.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0398068046?v=glance (940 words)

	The Missing - Human remains: law, politics and ethics
		The workshop recognized the rights of families to know the fate of their relatives and that the identification of remains is necessary to uphold these rights.
		Identification of remains is an integral part of criminal investigation and goes hand-in-hand with ascertaining the cause of death.
		Identification of human remains through DNA typing should be undertaken when other investigative techniques of identification are not adequate.
	www.icrc.org /Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList74/A5936C504E99CCC7C1256BFE00572970 (555 words)

	NYAC Cultural Resource Standards Handbook: Human Remains
		Human remains discovered unexpectedly on an archaeological site must be treated with the utmost dignity and respect.
		If the remains are from the historic period (e.g., they have coffin remains, there are historic artifacts with them, or they are in a historically documented cemetery), then they are treated as a significant archaeological site.
		It is possible that finding human remains will have a serious effect on your project in that you may not be able to build or otherwise disturb that spot.
	www.nysm.nysed.gov /research/anthropology/crsp/arccrsp_nyachb05.html (520 words)

	New Scientist Breaking News - Mexican tomb reveals gruesome human sacrifice
		Evidence of a grisly human sacrifice and a complex military infrastructure has emerged from an excavation of the ruins of a pyramid in the 2000-year-old city of Teotihuacan in Mexico.
		A vault containing 12 bodies, ten of which had been decapitated, along with the remains of pumas, wolves and eagles were discovered at the city's central structure, the Pyramid of the Moon.
		Sugiyama suggests that the weaponry and remains of powerful animals linked with the headless bodies are "highly symbolic objects [which] suggest that the government wanted to symbolise expanding sacred political power and perhaps the importance of military institutions with the new monument".
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn6756 (526 words)

	HCBG News - New human remains discovered at reinterment site
		The new human remains were discovered when archeologists from the Turnpike's consulting firm, the Berger Group of East Orange, visited Hoboken Cemetery as the reinterment was about to begin.
		The remains, now kept in cardboard boxes at the Secaucus potter's field site, are to be buried in 9-foot-tall concrete vaults, 33 of which already have been placed in the ground.
		He said he did not know whether the remains represented an old, uncharted burial ground at the cemetery or whether they were remnants from burial excavations during more than 100 years of cemetery operations.
	www.graveinfo.com /hcbg/news/SL080803.html (687 words)

	AAPA Position Statements
		The draft principals are based on the flawed premise that repatriation of culturally unidentified human remains is the intent of the NAGPRA (section A.1.B., for example).
		Culturally unidentifiable remains, by definition, are those of people who do not have a relationship of shared group identity with a modern tribe.
		Human remains without contextual information (e.g., provenience, historical context, and so on) do have very significant educational and scientific values.
	www.physanth.org /positions/cuhr.htm (1936 words)

	Michigan State Police - Unidentified Human Remains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-06-19)
		A number of years before death, the lower jaw and skull were fractured; the upper and lower front teeth were lost; four of the middle left ribs were fractured; the right shoulder bones were fractured and fused; and the anterior left hip was fractured.
		The remains were probably deposited during the summer or spring of 1987.
		The examination of human remains, M.S.P. The reconstruction was done by Sgt. Steve Spink.
	members.aol.com /stevenkl/remainsn.htm (1429 words)

	Alwynne B. Beaudoin - The Dung File - Part 1: Mostly Human
		Perishable material culture remains were recovered in some quantity and include artifacts from hide (including moccasins), textiles (mainly basketry), and wooden artifacts, including arrows, pegs, and digging sticks.
		Human myoglobin (a type of protein) was detected on shards of a cooking vessel.
		Tests showed that human myoglobin can be distinguished from that of other animals, and that it is not normally found in human faeces (i.e., it was not derived directly from the person who excreted the coprolite).
	www.scirpus.ca /dung/human.htm (12856 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Human Remains: Series 1 [2000]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-06-19)
		'Human Remains' is not the sort of series you can watch that often, but it is still worth owning on DVD as there are plenty of moments that are simply priceless.
		I first caught Human Remains on television without knowing what it was, and went on to video tape the rest of the only series made to date.
		Human Remains is a triumph of a balancing act between impecable comic timing and ability as well as a fascinating and sometimes disturbing exploration into the dysfunctionality of those you pass by every day in the street.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000AISIC (1360 words)

	Vermilion Accord (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-06-19)
		Respect for the mortal remains of the dead shall be accorded to all, irrespective of origin, race, religion, nationality, custom and tradition.
		Respect for the scientific research value of skeletal, mummified and other human remains (including fossil hominids) shall be accorded when such value is demonstrated to exist.
		Agreement on the disposition of fossil, skeletal, mummified and other remains shall be reached by negotiation on the basis of mutual respect for the legitimate concerns of communities for the proper disposition of their ancestors, as well as the legitimate concerns of science and education.
	www.wac.uct.ac.za /archive/content/vermillion.accord.html (187 words)

	Australia's Oldest Human Remains
		The age estimate obtained for the human skeleton through the combination of U-series and ESR analyses was 62,000 ± 6000 years.
		The authors concluded that the Lake Mungo 3 burial documents the earliest known human presence on the Australian continent.
		Australia's oldest human remains: age of the Lake Mungo 3 skeleton.
	www.jqjacobs.net /anthro/paleo/australia.html (253 words)

	SCIAA Policy on Human Burial Remains
		The South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology's (SCIAA) policy on human burial remains is in agreement with federal regulations, and the statutes of South Carolina.
		The SCIAA maintains that the scientific and traditional interests in burial materials are legitimate; that human burial remains regardless of age, ethnic, racial or religious origin will be treated with dignity and respect; and, that the looting of graves is illegal.
		It should be kept in mind that the costs for excavation, documentation and reinterment are, by law, to be borne by the party or parties requesting the excavation or relocation.
	www.cas.sc.edu /sciaa/burials.html (2696 words)

	CNN.com - Skull, human remains found in shark - April 22, 2002
		LAKE MACQUARIE, Australia -- Investigators are trying to identify human remains, including a skull, arm and pelvis, found in a three-meter Tiger shark caught off the New South Wales coast.
		After weighing their prize, the shark was cut open to reveal several human bones.
		It is not known whether the remains are male or female.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/04/21/shark.remains (214 words)

	USATODAY.com - Man accused of stockpiling human remains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-06-19)
		DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — A former autopsy assistant allegedly stockpiled 157 pounds of human remains, including two well-preserved heads, because he was curious and wanted to conduct his own research in anatomy, police said Saturday.
		Beale was booked on charges of removing human remains with the intent to dissect or sell them, possessing stolen property and possessing methamphetamine.
		Police were led to Beale by a tip after a container of human remains was found last month near a trash bin in a trailer park.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-07-20-found-body-parts_x.htm (560 words)

	NPS Archeology Program: Kennewick Man
		The human skeletal remains that have come to be referred to as the "Kennewick Man", or the "Ancient One", were found in July, 1996 below the surface of Lake Wallula, a section of the Columbia River pooled behind McNary Dam in Kennewick, Washington.
		Ancient DNA laboratories at the University of California--Davis, the University of Michigan, and Yale University attempted to isolate and amplify ancient DNA from the skeleton (Kaestle 2000; Merriwether and Cabana 2000; Smith, Malhi, Eshleman, and Kaestle 2000).
		Enclosure 4: NAGPRA and the Disposition of the Kennewick Human Remains.
	www.cr.nps.gov /archeology/kennewick (1273 words)

	Geologists find human remains - billingsgazette.com
		The Park County Sheriff's Office is having the skeletal remains examined at a forensics laboratory.
		The skeletal remains were accompanied by a backpack, car keys, computer disks, flashlight and other personal effects, he said.
		The remains will be taken to Billings to be examined by a forensic pathologist and dental specialist to make a positive identification.
	www.billingsgazette.com /index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2002/09/17/build/wyoming/remains.inc (228 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Human remains 'are Iranian soldiers'
		Human remains found in an abandoned Iraqi military base are those of Iranian soldiers killed in the Iran-Iraq war, an Iranian general has said.
		Human rights groups suggest they may even be victims of the 1991 Gulf War.
		It says the remains are those of Iraqi soldiers killed during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq conflict and had been returned recently from Tehran.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/2921711.stm (273 words)

	CNN - Human remains believed to be missing pilot - April 26, 1997
		EAGLE, Colorado (CNN) -- The human remains found at the crash site of an Air Force A-10 bomber in Colorado are believed to be those of the plane's pilot, who mysteriously broke formation and vanished with his plane while on a training run three weeks ago.
		Sources told CNN that the remains were those of the plane's pilot, Capt. Craig Button, but the Air Force did not confirm the identification.
		The remains were found Friday in an area where pieces of the Thunderbolt's cockpit were discovered, said Maj. Gen.
	www.cnn.com /US/9704/25/missing.plane (607 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| Remains found among shuttle debris
		Human remains have been found among the debris left by the US space shuttle Columbia, which disintegrated just minutes before its scheduled landing.
		Body parts believed to be from the astronauts have been recovered near Hemphill in eastern Texas near the state's border with Louisiana along with a helmet and uniform badges.
		Never before in 42 years of human spaceflight, has Nasa lost a space crew during landing.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/2717613.stm (722 words)

	Human Remains
		The grants were a result of a number of years of lobbying by FAIRA to return Ancestral Remains and Cultural Property held by institutions to their community of origin.
		The third stage in the project was to acquire a register of Queensland Ancestral Remains held in museums and institution overseas.
		To develop a register/catalogue of Ancestral Remains with a view to producing a catalogue, detailing individual Ancestral Remains and extending existing catalogues and guides developed by Cressida Fforde (University of Southampton) and Carol Cooper (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies).
	www.faira.org.au /issues/humrem.html (830 words)

	Human Remains * a film by Jay Rosenblatt on the banality of evil
		Human Remains addresses this horror from a completely different angle.
		Though based on historical figures, Human Remains is contemporary in its implications and ultimately invites the viewer to confront the nature of evil.
		Everywhere HUMAN REMAINS was programmed it shook up viewers and opened up discussions.
	www.jayrosenblattfilms.com /human.html (341 words)

	Anasazi - Mysteries of History - U.S. News Online
		Comparing butchered animal remains with those he suspected were cannibalized, he devised six criteria for cannibalism, from cuts by sharp defleshing tools to scorch marks from cooking fires.
		Tim White, professor of human evolutionary studies at the University of California-Berkeley, compared broken, scarred, and scattered Anasazi and animal bones from Mancos Canyon in Colorado and discovered striking similarities.
		Turner's critics say the ancient excrement could have come from anyone or anything, and, even if it is human, it only proves that a single person indulged in a taste for his fellows.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/doubleissue/mysteries/anasazi.htm (966 words)

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