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

Downey, Roger

ISBN 10: 0387988777 / ISBN 13: 9780387988771

Verlag: Copernicus Books, 2000

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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.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Riddle of the Bones: Politics, Science, Race...
Verlag: Copernicus Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good
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