Farming of Bones: Ethics in Bioarchaeology - a conversation with Myesha Jemison around the study and treatment of indigenous human remains

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• Chike Pilgrim, Archeology
• Tuesday 27 February 2024, 18:30-19:30
• Richard King room, Darwin College.

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Bioarchaeology studies animal and human bones from archaeological sites and can be extremely advantageous when trying to understand past human populations and their lives. However, the danger for archaeologists, especially when dealing with groups that they are not in community with, is to atomize the process of investigation and not try to understand what the descendants of those groups may want for themselves.

Given that archaeology does have roots in colonial antiquarianism, modern archaeologists must be very careful to observe the ethics around bioarchaeology and to strive to be guided by the descendants of the groups or individuals they have received permission to study. Here I present the reasons why human remains are studied from an archaeological perspective, but also open a conversation with an indigenous scholar, Myesha Jemison, about the wider issues necessary to consider in this space.

This talk is part of the Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Seminars series.

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