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Riddle of the Bones: Politics, Science, Race, and the Story of Kennewick Man Book
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Product Description
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 long last, as object of rational scientific study. The saga of Kennewick Man offers abundant opportunity to explore today's rapidly-changing scientific theories about how the Americas first came to be settled, and by whom. But it also casts light on the divisions within the fields of anthropology and archeology 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.
Roger Downey attended the College of the University of Chicago and the University of Washington before stumbling into a career in journalism with the Seattle "underground paper" Helix in 1969. Since 1976, he has written for Seattle Weekly, while pursuing a career as playwright and translator, primarily from the German.
- 0387988777
- 9780387988771
- Roger Downey
- 1 March 2000
- Springer
- Hardcover (Book)
- 202
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