Archaeology, Identity, and the Right to Culture: Anthropological perspectives on repatriation

The debatc concerning repatriation and reburial is attracting increasing attention in Sweden. While most archaeologists today understand the importancc of arguments underlying claim, process not completely unproblematic certainly all cases. This article explores some tendencies within international debate about repatriation, frames them a more general discussion human rights, right to culture, role cultural heritage this debatc. Through critical approach debate, it argucd that archaeology needs be active party negotiations.