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From its discovery in the Columbia River shallows three years ago, reporter Roger Downey has chronicled the epic adventures of the skeleton called "Kennewick Man": first as pretext for a media feeding-frenzy, then as centerpiece of a legal circus pitting celebrated scientists against Native Americans, the Corps of Engineers, and the Clinton White House, finally, at the long last, as object of rational scientist study. The saga of Kennewick Man offers abundant opportunity to explore todays rapidly changing scientific theories about how the Americans first came to be settled, and by whom. But it also casts light on the divisions within the fields of anthropology and archaeology concerning the role of politics and race in the pursuit of scientific goals, what constitutes ethical procedure in dealing with ancient remains, and the very purpose and direction of the scientific enterprise itself.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Riddle of the Bones
Book Subtitle: Politics, Science, Race, and the Story of Kennewick Man
Authors: Roger Downey
Publisher: Copernicus New York, NY
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2000
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-98877-1Published: 02 February 2000
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 202
Topics: Earth Sciences, general