Pete Clarke Wrote:
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> I still think it's outrageous to exhume bodies
> simply to get at the data (and thaqt holds true
> for all archaeological excavations, not just
> recent Christian ones).
>
> Sometimes bodies have to be exhumed to protect
> them for development, etc. but this is beyond the
> pale. It seems strange taht in a time where we are
> constantly (and rightly) told to respect other
> people's cultures that we cannot extend that basic
> respect bak to the past.

I don't think it's outrageous: I think it's perfectly fair to exhume corpses if some important datum can be acquired, and some significant contribution made to science. Having said that, however, I acknowledge that a lot of people do feel very strongly about human remains, and, clearly, their feelings and sensibilities should be taken into account. (And, having seen pictures this evening of the church floor being removed during the Gosnold exhumation, it certainly struck me as, well, a little distasteful that such a disruptive procedure should have been deemed necessary.)

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