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• catalog abstract ""The skeleton known as Kennewick Man was discovered in 1966 by two young men along the Columbia River near Kennewick, Washington. When the skeleton was brought to Jim Chatters, a forensic anthropologist, Chatters first believed that the remains were those of a nineteenth-century pioneer. He was astonished when radiocarbon dating revealed the skeleton to be approximately 9,500 years old, making it one of the oldest skeletons ever found in North America. But what really intrigued Chatters was that despite his antiquity, Kennewick Man did not resemble modern Native Americans. So who was he, and where did he come from? Ancient Encounters is Chatters' compelling account of his quest to find the answers to these questions - a quest that ultimately was halted by political considerations." "Chatters' investigation was cut short because local Indian groups claimed the skeleton under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and demanded the right to rebury the remains. The Army Corps of Engineers, which had jurisdiction over the land where Kennewick Man was found, seized the skeleton and put it into federal storage, where it remains to this day. The skeleton was not reburied, because a group of scientists whom Chatters contacted to help him in his investigation filed suit to prevent this. Their suit is scheduled to go to trial in 2001." "But Ancient Encounters is much more than a story of political intrigue. This is an anthropological detective story, told by the first scientist to have studied Kennewick Man. In the short time that the skeleton was in Chatters' hands, he learned a great deal about the man's life. Ancient Encounters is an important exploration of the origins of our earliest ancestor - and a critical examination of the controversy over who owns the past."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b12090797.
• catalog coverage "Washington (State) Antiquities.".
• catalog created "c2001.".
• catalog date "2001".
• catalog date "c2001.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
• catalog description ""The skeleton known as Kennewick Man was discovered in 1966 by two young men along the Columbia River near Kennewick, Washington. When the skeleton was brought to Jim Chatters, a forensic anthropologist, Chatters first believed that the remains were those of a nineteenth-century pioneer. He was astonished when radiocarbon dating revealed the skeleton to be approximately 9,500 years old, making it one of the oldest skeletons ever found in North America. But what really intrigued Chatters was that despite his antiquity, Kennewick Man did not resemble modern Native Americans. So who was he, and where did he come from? Ancient Encounters is Chatters' compelling account of his quest to find the answers to these questions - a quest that ultimately was halted by political considerations." "Chatters' investigation was cut short because local Indian groups claimed the skeleton under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and demanded the right to rebury the remains. The Army Corps of Engineers, which had jurisdiction over the land where Kennewick Man was found, seized the skeleton and put it into federal storage, where it remains to this day. The skeleton was not reburied, because a group of scientists whom Chatters contacted to help him in his investigation filed suit to prevent this. Their suit is scheduled to go to trial in 2001." "But Ancient Encounters is much more than a story of political intrigue. This is an anthropological detective story, told by the first scientist to have studied Kennewick Man. In the short time that the skeleton was in Chatters' hands, he learned a great deal about the man's life. Ancient Encounters is an important exploration of the origins of our earliest ancestor - and a critical examination of the controversy over who owns the past."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
• catalog description "Prologue -- Part I : Found and lost -- Stone had teeth ; Question of time ; Opportunity lost ; To the brink of oblivion ; Battle for Kennewick man -- Part II : Death and life -- Lifetime of pain ; Place in time ; Kennewick man's brother ; Who were the Paleo-Americans? ; Routes of passage.".
• catalog extent "303 p., [16] p. of plates :".
• catalog hasFormat "Ancient encounters.".
• catalog identifier "068485936X".
• catalog isFormatOf "Ancient encounters.".
• catalog issued "2001".
• catalog issued "c2001.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Simon & Schuster,".
• catalog relation "Ancient encounters.".
• catalog spatial "Washington (State) Antiquities.".
• catalog spatial "Washington (State)".
• catalog subject "979.7/01 21".
• catalog subject "E78.W3 C417 2001".
• catalog subject "Human remains (Archaeology) Washington (State)".
• catalog subject "Indians of North America Anthropometry Washington (State)".
• catalog subject "Indians of North America Washington (State) Antiquities.".
• catalog subject "Kennewick Man.".
• catalog subject "Paleo-Indians Anthropometry Washington (State)".
• catalog tableOfContents "Prologue -- Part I : Found and lost -- Stone had teeth ; Question of time ; Opportunity lost ; To the brink of oblivion ; Battle for Kennewick man -- Part II : Death and life -- Lifetime of pain ; Place in time ; Kennewick man's brother ; Who were the Paleo-Americans? ; Routes of passage.".
• catalog title "Ancient encounters : Kennewick Man and the first Americans / James C. Chatters.".
• catalog type "text".