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Introduction : human remains curation in the United Kingdom / Myra Giesen -- International perspectives towards human remains curation / Myra Giesen and Liz White -- Dealings with the dead : A personal consideration of the ongoing human remains debate / Hedley Swain -- Care, custody and display of human remains : legal and ethical obligations / Charlotte Woodhead -- The impact and effectiveness of the Human Tissue Act 2004 and the guidance for the care of human remains in museums in England / Liz White -- Dead and forgotten? Some observations on human remains documentation in the UK / Myra Giesen, Kirsty McCarrison and Victoria Park -- Tethering time and tide? Human remains guidance and legislation for Scottish museums / Jennifer Sharp and Mark A Hall -- The quick and the deid : a Scottish perspective on caring for human remains at the Perth Museum and Art Gallery / Mark A Hall -- The Museum of London : an overview of policies and practice / Rebecca Redfern and Jelena Bekvalac -- Curating human remains in a regional museum : policy and practice at the Great North Museum: Hancock / Gillian Scott -- Curation of human remains at St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber, England / Simon Mays -- Archaeological human remains and laboratories : attaining acceptable standards for curating skeletal remains for teaching and research / Charlotte Roberts -- 'No Room at the Inn' ... contract archaeology and the storage of human remains / Jaqueline I Mckinley -- Changes in policy for excavating human remains in England and Wales / Mike Parker Pearson, Mike Pitts and Duncan Sayer Conclusions and ways forward / Margaret Clegg.