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5 - Hard Animal Material industries, archaeometry and ethics: new advances?

Archaeometric methods applied to hard animal materials (HAM) have made great strides over the last ten years. This session will provide an opportunity to take stock of these new approaches (invasive vs. non-invasive methods) and the real contribution of the analyses carried out (scientific together with their financial cost-benefit ratio). Following the example of the collective work undertaken for human remains from archaeological contexts, it is hoped that this session will initiate the development of an international ethical charter, under the umbrella of the WBRG, for a better (scientific and patrimonial) management of HAM industries, in order to avoid their destruction and the irreversible loss of information.