New University Advisory Committee on Culturally Unidentifiable Human Remains
University of Michigan Vice President for Research Stephen Forrest has announced formation of a new advisory committee on culturally unidentifiable human remains (CUHR). The group will advise Forrest on issues related to requests U-M receives from Native American tribes for the transfer of CUHR and funerary objects from the Museum of Anthropology.
“The Museum of Anthropology supports the proactive efforts of this committee to examine and engage the complex ethical, intellectual, and legal issues concerning requests for, and future federal regulations on, the repatriation of culturally unaffiliated human remains. The Museum looks forward to participating in these important discussions.”
Carla M. Sinopoli
Director, Museum of Anthropology
October 19, 2009
Meaningful Objects: Museums in the Academy
Sponsored by U-M's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, the 2009-2010 theme year celebrates the contributions of the university's museums—including the Museum of Anthropology—to the intellectual, cultural and social life at U-M and in southeastern Michigan. The theme year gives students, faculty, and community members a chance to discover the world-class collections at the university's museums, galleries and gardens while exploring the importance of museums worldwide.
NAGPRA Repatriation to Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians
On September 23, 2009, Eric Hemmenway from the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians travelled to the Museum of Anthropology to receive culturally affiliated human remains from the Wequetonsing area near Harbor Springs, Emmet County, MI, pursuant to a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on August 20, 2009.
Archaeology! Current Research in the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology
This new exhibition, a collaboration of the Exhibit Museum of Natural History and Museum of Anthropology, presents ongoing research by UMMA archaeologists in displays that examine both the kinds of questions that contemporary archaeologists ask about the past and the techniques that they use to answer them. Museum research and collections are highlighted in each of the exhibition’s five sections. Please stop by and visit the exhibit, in the Fourth Floor Gallery of the UM Exhibit Museum of Natural History.
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In 1918 and 1927, U of M Professor Harley Harris Bartlett (1886-1960) traveled to Sumatra, Indonesia, to conduct research and collect specimens for the U of M Herbarium and Smithsonian Institution. While visiting Batak villages, he also collected various anthropological materials. He gave the Museum of Anthropology 155 written Batak texts and other materials for its collections. This Batak Exhibit hightlights these wonderful objects.
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Events
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November 12, 2009 (12 - 1 PM)
To be announced
Room 2009 Ruthven Museums
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November 19, 2009 (12 - 1 PM)
Status is frequently linked with the possession of foreign objects to endow the owner with power. Prestige should not be restricted to the possession of exotics but must be understood why some exotics were preferred over others. The talk will demonstrate that perhaps the indigenous belief system influenced the types of foreign items included in burials to indicate status in prehispanic Philippines.
Room 2009 Ruthven Museums
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December 03, 2009 (12 - 1 PM)
During the Middle Bronze Age, the Nuragic people of Sardinia laid the foundations for what would become an impressive and highly-organized Late Bronze Age society. In spite of the importance of this formative period, however, Middle Bronze Age economic and social structures remain poorly understood. This Brown Bag will discuss how the recently established Siddi Plateau Project will contribute to our understanding of the Middle Bronze Age in Sardinia.
Room 2009 Ruthven Museums
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