Human Remains from the Former German Colony of East Africa
Recontextualization and Approaches for Restitution
Edited by Bernhard S. Heeb Edited by Charles Kabwete-Mulinda Edited by
Hardback (Published)
(August 2022)
ISBN: 9783412523442
6.93 x 9.69 inches
Price: $99.00
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More than 1100 Human Remains from the former German colony in East Africa exist in the anthropological collection of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History in Berlin. Mainly without any information about who these individuals were, how they died and in which manner they got dislocated, a collaboration of researchers of the University of Rwanda, the National Museums of Rwanda and the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz approached these questions. The research begins with the broader context of colonialism and its local impact to single cases of Human Remains appropriation. Using historical sources, anthropological examinations and comtemporary accounts the origin of the Human Remains were not only recontextualized but interviews conducted in the affected communities also revealed why these human remains should be returned and the variying ways of treatment they should receive thereafter.
Bernhard Heeb ist seit 2009 als prähistorischer Archäologe am Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin für die Sammlung zur Anthropologie, für die Schliemannsche Troja-Sammlung und für die Sammlung der europäischen Bronzezeit zuständig.
- Edited by Bernhard S. Heeb
- Edited by Charles Kabwete-Mulinda
- Edited by
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