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Church Burials at Risk? Research Ethics and Preservation of Cultural Heritage (2023)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Investigating Cultural Aspects of Historic Mortuary Archaeology: Perspectives from Europe and North America", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Hundreds of burials have been recorded below the Finnish church floors. Because of long winters and suitable conditions many of them are well-preserved including partially mummified human remains but also coffins, funerary fabrics, and plant remains related to coffin...