BARCELONA DECLARATION ON THE ANCIENT JEWISH CEMETERIES
professionals and experts gathered in Barcelona as part of the international conference "The archaeological excavations in the historic cemetery. Cemeteries Jews, held on 15 and 16 January 2009, aware of the need to contribute our grain of sand to the reconstruction of the scientific foundations of our common past, especially as concerns the process of study and treatment of human remains appeared in historic cemeteries, we make the following statement, with a view to further discussion ( ICOMOS), and possible activities:
1. In the context of declarations of human rights and democratic principles and laws in each country, we believe that the public right-in its various aspects, and public property are the conceptual areas in which they must find it fits the particular sensitivities relating to the heritage in general and in particular the ancient necropolis.
2. The old cemetery is a physical testimony of the first magnitude, indispensable and of paramount importance for the study of this cultural base and the diversity and characteristics of people who created and used.
3. The application of scientific methodologies-both from a social and biological side-for the study of ancient populations have disappeared, taking into account everything that brings the knowledge we have rituals that could correspond to buried human groups, is shown as a reliable way to achieve a deep knowledge and as objective as possible about the ancestors.
4. The treatment of the remains found in cemeteries, cemeteries or in individual graves of historical character, whatever their type, age and cultural or religious affiliation, should be done with utmost care and scientific safeguards and respect for their status of human remains.
5. In this sense, the archeology and anthropology are two disciplines that guarantee the performance scientific study of the necropolis. His performance on the joint funeral should always be done from the slopes of strict compliance with the principles of public law of the place where it is performed by applying the most appropriate methodologies and proven quality, and within the strict application of the principles of professional ethics.
6. Depository institutions, with appropriate regulatory approval, should ensure above all else and at least: treatment with respect, unity sets, each individual unit, the careful identification of all elements custody, retention future in the best physical condition and safety, and access to authorized persons for the studies.
7. Contextualized human remains are fragmentary-by, and from archaeological interventions in historic cemeteries are basic elements for studies of ancient populations. Once you have carried out such studies, with care and the degree of intensity that is estimated is appropriate or possible, the place where they deposited these remains should be consulted with relevant parties on the matter in accordance with laws.
8. The data and conclusions drawn from studies on historic cemeteries should always be public and accessible to all who request it and are interested in knowing its history, both in relation to those aspects of physical knowledge about the individuals studied as with regard to cultural aspects.
Renée Sivan, Neil A. Silberman, Laia Colomer, Vicente Lerma, Oriol Saula, Anna Colet, Daniel Botella, Isabel Santana, Joan-Lluís Pérez Francesc, Carme Miró, Eulàlia Subirà, Gemma Caballé, Ferran Puig, Max Polonovski, and Joan Josep Casanovas Jordi López Burniol.
Barcelona, \u200b\u200bJanuary 16, 2009
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