Riddle of the Bones: Politics, Science, Race, and the Story of Kennewick Man

Journalist Roger Downey, a Seattle Weekly journalist, vividly recounts the remarkable story of "Kennewick Man," the ongoing controversy over the discovery of a 9,000-year-old "Caucasoid-like" skeleton where no one expected to find one—in the Pacific Northwest. Downey has conduct ed scores of interviews with the scientists and others in the controve rsy, giving us a brilliantly written, riveting account of the battles among Native American groups, the U.S. government, and archaeologists over c…