ANTH 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Anno Domini, Kennewick Man, Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act
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Lecture 2 chapter 1: meet some real archaeologists. General physical condition: arthritis, arm nerve damage, spear pointi in hip. The corps of engineers first agreed to return the remains to area. Archeologists and biological anthropologists filed a lawsuit, saying that the corps violated tribes in 1996. This is called repatriation . the nagpra law because the remains must be studied to determine racial affiliation before repatriation. In 2001 and 2004 judges upheld that the kennewick remains were not native american because they did not look native american , according to the requirements of nagpra law. Recent dna studies have confirmed kennewick is native american (1990 law did not have access to dna. ) High standards of evidence, science is self-correcting. Downplays scientific evidence and stresses the human condition. Rebuilt temples of ancient babylon and searched the foundations for inscriptions. Looked for answers to questions about the past in the physical remains of of earlier kings antiquity.
