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Note: NOVA Online holds no opinion for or against any
position(s) regarding the Kennewick Man held or reported on
by the Web sites or books listed below.
Kennewick Man on Trial
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/kman/default.htm
Explore the Burke Museum's virtual exhibit, chronicling
the discovery of Kennewick Man's remains and the
controversy over their proper treatment. Learn how we
formed our concept of race and discover how science
continues to challenge this concept.
Kennewick Man Virtual Interpretive Center
http://www.kennewick-man.com/index.html
Delve into the extensive news coverage on Kennewick Man's
discovery, the battle over burial rights, and the
scientific discoveries that have forced us to reevaluate
our assumptions about the earliest Americans.
National Parks Service
http://www.cr.nps.gov/aad/kennewick/
Examine excerpts from the study conducted by the U.S.
Department of the Interior, including the results from
radiocarbon dating and the interpretations of X-ray and CT
scans of the Kennewick remains.
Friends of America's Past
http://www.friendsofpast.org/news.html
The news section of this nonprofit organization offers
full text of court documents, news articles, and other
materials related to the scientists' lawsuit discussed in
Claims for the Remains.
Books
Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, and the Battle for
Native American Identity
By David Hurst Thomas. New York: Basic Books, 2000.
This book examines the Kennewick lawsuit and the ongoing
conflict between Native American tribes and the scientific
community over who owns the rights to archeological finds.
Riddle of the Bones: Politics, Science, Race, and the Story
of the Kennewick Man
By Roger Downey. New York: Copernicus, 1999.
Reporter Downey uses the Kennewick controversy to
spotlight the role the politics of race relations has come
to play in the process of scientific inquiry.
Atlas of the Prehistoric World By Douglas Palmer.
Bethesda: Discovery Communications, 1999.
View spectacular maps and illustrations of each
geological era from the dawn of our planet's history to
the emergence of the first human beings. Photographs of
the fossils and other artifacts from each period accompany
the maps, along with explanations of how these items
helped shape our view of prehistory.
Bones, Boats, and Bison: Archeology and the First
Colonization of Western North America
By E. James Dixon. Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico
Press, 1999.
A direct challenge to the theory of the Bering Land
Bridge, this book asserts that the first Americans were
fishermen who arrived by boat some 2,000 years before the
first Clovis settlers in North America.
Quest for the Origins of the First Americans By E.
James Dixon. Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press,
1993.
This work presents a fascinating reconstruction of life
in prehistoric Alaska through the author's own scientific
analysis of blood residue found on ancient stone tools.
Special Thanks
Mark Davis
E. James Dixon
Steve Lyons
Credits
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Tyler Howe, Assistant Designer
Brenden Kootsey, Technologist
Rob Meyer, Production Assistant
Nicole Sanderson, Intern
Peter Tyson, Producer
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