![]() ![]() Publisher: Basic Books ISBN: 9780465092246 Number of pages: 368 Weight: 680 g Dimensions: 236 x 156 x 31 mm You may also be interested in. His telling of the tale gains extra credence from his own reputation as a leader in building cooperation between the two sides. Skull wars : Kennewick man, archaeology, and the battle for Native American identity. In this new work, Thomas charts the riveting story of this lawsuit, the archeologists deteriorating relations with American Indians, and the rise of scientific archeology. ![]() The explosive controversy and resulting lawsuit also raised a far more fundamental question: Who owns history? Many Indians see archeologists as desecrators of tribal rites and traditions archeologists see their livelihoods and science threatened by the 1990 Federal reparation law, which gives tribes control over remains in their traditional territories. The 1996 discovery, near Kennewick, Washington, of a 9,000-year-old Caucasoid skeleton brought more to the surface than bones. In Skull Wars, David Hurst Thomas uses the high-profile confrontation over control of the human skeleton unearthed from a bank of the Columbia River in. Centered on the lawsuit over Kennewick Man, this lively history illuminates one of the most contentious issues in science: the battle between archeologists and American Indians. ![]()
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