13th March 2011, 06:10 PM
By the Way, it is not the Home Office rules.. it is Ministry of Justice now. and has been for some time. As to your supposed quote...
"'human remains are identified they should be recorded and back filled ASAP'" That's a new one -
Please read this
Statement on burial law and archaeology (PDF 0.04mb 2 pages)
Also this
A Basic Overview of the Recovery of Human Remains from Sites Under Development
updated 2007
"'human remains are identified they should be recorded and back filled ASAP'" That's a new one -
Please read this
Statement on burial law and archaeology (PDF 0.04mb 2 pages)
Also this
A Basic Overview of the Recovery of Human Remains from Sites Under Development
updated 2007
Quote:It is a general recommendation that human remains are not removed if discovered
during an archaeological evaluation of a site. In this case, the potential scientific
value of remains is not seen as outweighing the importance of retaining an ethical
approach to the disturbance of human remains laid to rest. However, evaluations may
be carried out in a variety of contexts. The decision to remove human remains from an
evaluation trench should be made according to the particular circumstances of the
archaeological evaluation and the nature of the human remains.