Riddle of the Bones: Politics, Science, Race, and the Story of Kennewick Man - Hardcover

Downey, Roger

 
9780387988771: Riddle of the Bones: Politics, Science, Race, and the Story of Kennewick Man
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0387988777 ISBN 13: 9780387988771
Verlag: Copernicus, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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Verlag
Copernicus
Erscheinungsdatum
2000
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0387988777
ISBN 13 
9780387988771
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
214
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