Recordation of Human Skeletal Remains Conference Chicago, IL November, 1990

在过去的十年里，越来越多的人认识到一些美洲原住民和其他种族群体的愿望，即他们的祖先的遗骸不应该放在博物馆里。他们认为，按照他们的传统做法，这些遗骸应该被送回重新埋葬或重新供奉。因此，很明显，该国收集的大部分人类骨骼遗骸可能不得不在未来几年内归还。尽管人类学家对是否应应要求遣返遗骸存在分歧，但一致认为，如果遣返，所有遗骸都应首先得到充分记录和记录。问题是，应该记录什么？这将为一次专家会议提供资金，以便制定一套通用准则，记录有关预定遣返的骨骼遗骸的信息。如果没有这样的记录，通过研究遗骸可能获得的信息将永远丢失。会议将由菲尔德自然历史博物馆主办，该博物馆将组织会议，提供会议空间，并监督结果。

During the past decade there has been growing recognition of the desire of some Native Americans and other ethnic groups that the remains of their ancestors should not be housed in museums. They believe that these remains should be returned for reburial or reconsecration according to their traditional practices. As a result it is clear that significant portions of the nation's collections of human skeletal remains may have to be returned within the forthcoming few years. Although there is disagreement among anthropologists as to whether or to remains should be repatriated upon request, there is agreement that if repatriated, all remains should be fully documented and recorded first. The question is, what should be recorded? This is to provide funds for a conference of experts to established a set of universal guidelines for recording information about skeletal remains scheduled for repatriation. Without such recordation the information that may be gained by studying the remains would be lost forever. The conference will be hosted by the Field Museum of Natural HIstory which will organize the conference, provide the meeting space, and oversee the results.