Guidelines
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Excavating medieval skeletons
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Syningthwaite Priory 2008
Watching brief
Parish cemetery
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Church watching brief
Excavation of grave slab
Grave stone
Skeletal excavation
Malin preparing exhibiton at Barton
- Human Bones from Archaeological Sites: guidelines for producing assessment documents and analytical reports
English Heritage, 2004 - Excavation and post-excavation treatment of cremated and inhumed human remains
Jacqueline I McKinley and Charlotte Roberts, 1993 - Crypt archaeology: an approach
Institute of Field Archaeologists, Technical paper No 3, Margaret Cox, 2001 - Guidelines to the Standards for Recording Human Remains
Institute of Field Archaeologists, Technical paper No 7, Megan Brickley and Jacqueline I McKinley, 2004 - Guidance for best Practice for Treatmentof Human Remains Excavated from Christian Burial Grounds in England
English Heritage, 2005 - Church Archaeology Human Remains Working Group Report
English Heritage - Battlefield Archaeology - A Guide To The Archaeology Of Conflict
British Archaeological Job Resource, Tim Sutherland and Malin Holst, 2005 - Reburial and Repatriation issues
British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology - BABAO Code of Ethics
British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology - The Human Tissue Act
British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology, 2004 - Guidance for the Care of Human Remains in Museums
Department for Culture, Media and Sport - Burial Law and Policy in the 21st Century - the Way Forward
Ministry of Justice, 2004 - Guidelines for the Care of Human Remains in Scottish Museum Collections
Ministry of Justice - The Treatment of Human Remains
in the Care of Oxford Archaeology
Oxford Archaeology
How to pack a skeleton
© Mary Lewis
- NEVER pack the skull, maxilla and mandible at the bottom of the box. Heavy bones go first!
- Loose teeth, maxillae and mandibles should be bagged seperately, and not with the heavier cranial vault.
- Pathological bones & fragile maxillae should be wrapped in acid free paper.
- If you unwrap pathalogical bones you MUST make sure they are re-wrapped in their tissue paper and bubble wrap when you have finished with them.
- Please handle the skeletons with the utmost care and respect. Thank you.
