Pascaline Gaussein

This 2026 edition of the Funerary Archaeology Seminar is structured into 6 sessions, during which our speakers will explore the placement of the dead, their movements and transformations, the purpose of these practices, and their symbolic, technical, and ethical components through current archaeological case studies.

Program for this session:

• Anne CHAILLOU (Archaeological Heritage Office, Archaeology Sub-Directorate, Ministry of Culture): Human remains from archaeological operations: definition, status, and scientific use.
• Martin FRIESS (Scientific Head of the Biological Anthropology Collections at MNHN, UMR 7206 ECO ANTHROPOLOGY, ABBA TEAM): What future for the MNHN’s human remains collections? Ethics between research and restitution.

Seminars are open to all, subject to availability.