What is the research value of the human remains in the Museum of Anthropology?
A. Archaeologists study the human past through the material remains left behind by past human societies; human skeletal remains provide unique information on the lives and histories of individuals and communities. Museum of Anthropology curators and associated researchers conduct archaeological research all over the world, exploring a range of questions concerning the history and development of prehistoric cultures. Materials in museum collections provide irreplaceable and unique evidence for the study of the prehistoric past, which are restudied repeatedly as new research methods are developed and new questions emerge. The remains in question are, in general, 800-1400 years old although some items in the three collections may be more than 3,000 years old. The artifacts provide information about cultures that inhabited the Great Lakes region. NAGPRA balances competing interests: The ability of lineal descendants and affiliated tribes to reclaim remains and sacred objects and the larger
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