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Repatriation, display and interpretation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

N. James
N. James*
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*Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3ER, UK
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The British Museum and the National Museum of Wales have lent the finds from Kendrick's Cave, in Llandudno, north Wales, for display and storage at Llandudno Museum; and the British Museum has sent the famous body from Lindow Moss, near Manchester, to be shown at the Manchester Museum, 100km away in England. How should metropolitan or national museums relate to provincial museums? Should there be more such loans? The exhibition in Manchester deliberately raises another question too: how – if at all – should human remains be displayed?

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Research Article
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Antiquity , Volume 82 , Issue 317 , September 2008 , pp. 770 - 777
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2008

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