Ancient Encounters Kennewick Man and the First Americans

Name: Ancient Encounters Kennewick Man and the First Americans
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ISBN: 9780684859378

ISBN-10: 0684859378

ISBN-13: 9780684859378

Edition: 2002

Authors: James C. Chatters

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In 1996, two young men found a skeleton along the Columbia River near Kennewick, Washington. "Kennewick Man," as he became known, was brought to forensic anthropologist Jim Chatters, who was astonished when tests revealed the skeleton to be nearly 9,500 years old, one of the oldest intact skeletons ever found in North America -- and one that bore little resemblance to modern Native Americans. So who was Kennewick Man, and where did he come from? Chatters set off to find out, but his work on the skeleton was soon halted when local Native American groups claimed the skeleton as an ancestor under federal law, and demanded the right to rebury the remains. Agreeing with their claim, the U.S.…

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List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 8/13/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.20" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

James C. Chatters owns Applied Paleoscience, a firm that specializes in forensic & archaeological consulting, & is Affiliate Research Associate Professor of Anthropology at Central Washington University & deputy coroner for Benton County, Washington. He lives in Richland, Washington.



Prologue



Found and Lost



The Stone Had Teeth



A Question of Time



An Opportunity Lost



To the Brink of Oblivion



The Battle for Kennewick Man



Death and Life



A Lifetime of Pain



A Place in Time



Kennewick Man's "Brother"



Who Were the Paleo-Americans?



Routes of Passage


Epilogue


Notes


Index