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Kennewick Man, the scientific investigation of an ancient American skeleton, edited by Douglas W. Owsley and Richard L. Jantz

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Kennewick Man

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edited by Douglas W. Owsley and Richard L. Jantz

the scientific investigation of an ancient American skeleton

"Almost from the day of its accidental discovery along the banks of the Columbia River in Washington State in July 1996, the ancient skeleton of Kennewick Man has garnered significant attention from scientific and Native American communities as well as public media outlets. This volume represents a collaboration among physical and forensic anthropologists, archaeologists, geologists, and geochemists, among others, and presents the results of the scientific study of this remarkable find. Kennewick Man: The Scientific Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton is written for a discerning professional audience, yet the absorbing story of the remains, their discovery, their curation history, and the extensive amount of detail that skilled scientists have been able to glean from them will appeal to interested and informed general readers. These bones lay silent for nearly 9,000 years, but now, with the aid of dedicated researchers, they can speak about the life of one of the earliest human occupants of North America." -- Back cover

Introduction: The scientific investigation of Kennewick Man / Douglas W. Owsley -- Establishing context. The people who peopled America / Bradley T. Lepper ; Geography, paleoecology, and archaeology / James C. Chatters ; Chronology of the Kennewick Man skeleton / Thomas W. Stafford, Jr. ; The precedent-setting case of Kennewick Man / Alan L. Schneider and Paula A. Barran ; Reflections of a former Army Corps of Engineers archaeologist / Larry D. Banks ; Curation history and overview of the plaintiffs' studies / Cleone H. Hawkinson -- Studying skeletal evidence. Skeletal inventory, morphology, and pathology / Douglas W. Owsley, Aleithea A. Williams, and Karin S. Bruwelheide ; Dentition / Christy G. Turner, II ; Dental microwear / Mark F. Teaford and Sireen El-Zaatari ; Orthodontics / John L. Hayes ; Body mass, stature, and proportions of the skeleton / Benjamin M. Auerbach ; Reconstructing habitual activities by biomechanical analysis of long bones / Daniel J. Wescott ; Bones of the hands and feet / D. Troy Case ; The natural shocks that flesh is heir to / Della Collins Cook ; Occupational stress markings and patterns of injury / James C. Chatters ; Stable isotopic evidence for diet and origin / Henry P. Schwarcz, Thomas W. Stafford, Jr., Martin Knyf, Brian Chisholm, Fred J. Longstaffe, James C. Chatters, and Douglas W. Owsley ; Taphonomic indicators of burial context / Douglas W. Owsley, Aleithea A. Williams, Thomas W. Stafford, Jr. ; Benthic aquatic algae : indicators of recent taphonomic history / James L. Norris and Douglas W. Owsley ; Postmortem breakage as a taphonomic tool for determining burial position / Hugh Berryman -- Applying technology to interpretation. Computed tomography, visualization, and 3D modeling / Rebecca Snyder ; Prototype accuracy and reassembly / David R. Hunt ; Molding and casting methods / Steve J. Jabo ; The point of the story / Dennis J. Stanford -- Incorporating population data. The Ainu and Jōmon connection / C. Loring Brace, Noriko Seguchi, A. Russell Nelson, Pan Qifeng, Hideyuki Umeda, Margaret Wilson, and Mary L. Brace ; Cranial morphometric evidence for early Holocene relationships and population structure / Richard L. Jantz and M. Katherine Spradley ; Two-dimensional geometric morphometrics / M. Katherine Spradley, Katherine E. Weisensee, and Richard L. Jantz ; Morphological features that reflect population affinities / George W. Gill ; Identity through science and art / Karin S. Bruwelheide and Douglas W. Owsley -- Learning from early Holocene contemporaries. Evidence of maritime adaptation and coastal migration from southeast Alaska / E. James Dixon, Timothy H. Heaton, Craig M. Lee, Terence E. Fifield, Joan Brenner Coltrain, Brian M. Kemp, Douglas W. Owsley, Eric Parrish, Christy G.Turner II, Heather J.H. Edgar, Rosita Kaaháni Worl, David Glenn Smith, and G. Lang Farmer ; A new look at the double burial from Horn Shelter no. 2 / Margaret A. Jodry and Douglas W. Owsley -- Anticipating Kennewick Man's future. Storage and care at the Burke Museum / Cleone H. Hawkinson ; Who was Kennewick Man? / Douglas W. Owsley and Richard L. Jantz -- Acknowledgments -- Index