Reply #9: People of the Raven [View All]

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http://www.gear-gear.com/people_of_the_raven.htm
Award-winning archaeologists Michael and Kathleen Gear spin a vivid and captivating tale around one of the most controversial archaeological discoveries in the world, the Kennewick Man---a Caucasoid male mummy dating back more than 9,000 years---found in the Pacific Northwest on the banks of the Columbia River!

A white man in North America more than 9,000 years ago? What was he doing there?

It's based on this:
http://www.tor.com/Gears/kennewick_man.html

THE KENNEWICK MAN CONTROVERSY
SCIENCE VS. RELIGION
WHO WERE THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICANS?

The controversy started in July 1996 when two young boat-racing enthusiasts stumbled across a skull alongside the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington. Today, this discovery has evolved into a skirmish between American Indians, who believe nature should be left to take its course with the remains, and scientists who want to study them.

In the fall of 1996, Dr. Jim Chatters, adjunct professor at Central Washington University, and deputy coroner for Benton County, Washington, held in his hands an archaeological discovery that would rock the nation. The specimen would come to be called "Kennewick Man," and prove to be one of the most controversial archaeological finds in the history of the world.

When Kennewick Man was discovered eroding out of the banks of the Columbia River, it appeared to be a simple case. Obviously he was a Caucasoid male, 45-55 years of age, probably a White pioneer.

But then a CAT scan revealed a "Cascade" point, a distinctive leaf-shaped prehistoric spear point, embedded in his hip. Shortly thereafter, the radiocarbon laboratory at the University of California at Riverside returned their analysis of the date: Kennewick Man was between 9,200-9,500 years old.

But what was a Caucasoid man doing in America more than 9,000 years ago? Prior to this, it was assumed that only "Indians", or Mongoloid people, were here during that time period.

This stunning discover has the potential to completely rewrite our understanding of the migration and peopling of the Americas.