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Ethical considerations and publishing in human bioarcheology

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ID24314481
AuthorsK Squires (0000-0002-0565-9491, School of Security, Justice and Sustainability Staffordshire University Stoke‐on‐Trent UK), Charlotte A Roberts (0000-0002-2259-807X, Department of Archaeology Durham University, Lower Mountjoy Durham UK), Nicholas Márquez‐grant (0000-0002-5812-6189, Cranfield Forensic Institute Cranfield University Bedford UK)
Year2022
Volume177
Issue4
Pages615-619
Publication date2022-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Biological Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2692-7691 • E-ISSN: 2692-7691
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.24467
PMID36790756
OpenAlexW4206605545
LanguageEN
Citations received22
References cited18

As bioarchaeologists and forensic anthropologists, we are writing to highlight the apparent lack of ethical consideration, or mention of ethics, in published papers, especially when publishing on archaeological human remains. In many situations, data deriving from excavated human remains provide the deep time perspective relevant to populations today (e.g. Binder, Roberts, Spencer, Antoine & Cartwright, 2014). However, bearing in mind current ethical debates around the excavation, analysis, and curation of human remains (e.g. Squires, Errickson & Márquez-Grant, 2019a), and any in the future, we do need to address the ethics surrounding our research and its publication as we go forward.

archaeological human remains · ethics in archaeology · Forensic anthropology · publication ethics · Research ethics · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Ethics and bioethics in healthcare · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

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Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
Highly citedNo
Open DOIOpen Access
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