Skull wars by david hurst thomas5/8/2023 ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Skull Wars is a gripping account of the way race, scientific practice, history, and politics converged around an ancient skeleton. Thomas, curator of anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, leads the reader through the development of American anthropology and archeology, the many reinterpretations of Native Americans by non-Indians, an assertion of native rights, and the eventual intercession of the federal government, ironically, as protective party. When it was determined that Kennewick Man, a skeleton with Caucasoid features discovered near Kennewick, Washington, was estimated to be more than 9,000 years old, it effectively lobbed a grenade into the already tense arena of the origins of the pre-Columbus peoples of the United States. The book is sure to stir passions even as it seeks to offer a better way for archeologists, anthropologists, and Native Americans to work together in the future. The 1996 discovery, near Kennewick, Washington, of a 9000-year-old Caucasoid skeleton brought more to the surface than bones. Out of this fracas comes Skull Wars, David Hurst Thomas's masterful contribution to the debate. ![]() ![]() Since its discovery in 1996, the issues surrounding Kennewick Man have grown ever more complicated and controversial. ![]()
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