No Bone Unturned Inside the World of a Top Forensic Scientist and His Work on America

"A fast and exciting read. . . . This survey of Owsley''s career will appeal to both science and legal buffs." --Publishers Weekly The story of the Smithsonian''s brilliant forensic anthropologist and the 9,000-year-old skeleton that sparked his landmark lawsuit against the U.S. government When he is not studying ancient skeletons, Doug Owsley is enlisted by the State Department and the FBI to identify remains. He has worked on some of the most notorious tragedies in recent history--Bosnia, Waco, 9/11 and Jeffrey Dahmer''s victims among them. When an anthropologist in Kennewick, WA, calls Owsley to help study a 9,000 year-old caucasoid skeleton, he gets caught up in a battle against the Justice Department and Indian tribes who claim the skeleton is Native American and should be buried and not analyzed. Owsley, backed by scientists worldwide, files suit against the government and is now at the forefront of a landmark case--currently pending a ruling in the U.S. District Court--that may alter repatriation laws and have a significant impact on the classic views of Native Americans, migration patterns, and anthropology, as well as our understanding of prehistory.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jeff Benedict, Benedict Jeff
• Editore: Harper Perennial USA
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 13.04.2004
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Saggistica > Storia > Altro
• EAN: 9780060958886
• ISBN: 978-0-06-095888-6
• Numero di pagine: 336
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 13.5 x 20.3 x 1.9 cm
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