Hello :)

I've recently become quite interested in desacralization, and I thought I'd open it up for discussion.
What are your views on something this delicate?  Do you think that art or artifacts should be given back to their "rightful owners" or country? What if they've been bought? It's a very sensitive subject, I know, but I'm curious.

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One of Canada's top Arctic archeologists says the remnants of a stone- and-sod wall unearthed on southern Baffin Island may be traces of a shelter built more than 700 years ago by Norse seafarers - a stunning find that would be just the second location in the New World with evidence of a Viking-built structure. The tantalizing signs of a possible ( Read more... )

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Family of four found buried together in Germany.

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Thoughts?

I hope that this isn't considered spam, but if it is I'll be glad to delete or have it deleted. Besides teaching anthropology at a community college, I do cultural resource management. I have had the same set of questions rolling around in my head for a while so I thought I'd set up an online survey to see how other practitioners around here feel ( Read more... )

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