17th February 2009, 10:35 PM
Hi Steven,
The reason I posted this topic was to engage people in discussion/debate over the issue of human remains,and to have various viewpoints aired,you can't beat a good debate:face-approve:
You ask a very good question-so i'll try and answer as such; from an archaeological point of view the archived material IS more important than the report,why? because whoever has written the report could be wrong,and for various reasons;their phasing of the site might be proved to be out as new wares of pot are classified (a good example was Goltho,Lincs dug in the late 60's),and the wrong conclusions drawn up. So, without being able to revisit archived material, revisions cannot be made.
That is the archaeologist in me speaking and I readily accept the need for such-the quandary I find myself in is recconsiling this need for keeping human remains as archive with a growing Christian conviction. Though I am in favour of reburial for human remains, that is just my own belief and I hope that in whatever I have written in this topic I haven't implied people who disagree are being disrespectful.
The reason I posted this topic was to engage people in discussion/debate over the issue of human remains,and to have various viewpoints aired,you can't beat a good debate:face-approve:
You ask a very good question-so i'll try and answer as such; from an archaeological point of view the archived material IS more important than the report,why? because whoever has written the report could be wrong,and for various reasons;their phasing of the site might be proved to be out as new wares of pot are classified (a good example was Goltho,Lincs dug in the late 60's),and the wrong conclusions drawn up. So, without being able to revisit archived material, revisions cannot be made.
That is the archaeologist in me speaking and I readily accept the need for such-the quandary I find myself in is recconsiling this need for keeping human remains as archive with a growing Christian conviction. Though I am in favour of reburial for human remains, that is just my own belief and I hope that in whatever I have written in this topic I haven't implied people who disagree are being disrespectful.