Kennewick Man bones still in storage

Jul 14, 2009 Kennewick News

SeattlePI.com ran an interesting update yesterday on those famous Kennewick Man bones that were found along the Columbia River back in 1996. Even after all the legal wrangling, it’s been a long time since scientists started studying the bones — and still we have no findings published.

Someday, several scientific, peer-reviewed articles are expected to be published as an anthology to outline the conclusions of three examinations made in 2004, 2005, and 2006 at the University of Washington’s Burke Museum, where Kennewick Man’s bones are stored.

But a specific publication has not been selected for the articles. And the scientists are unsure how long it will take until their findings are published, said Brian Irely, spokesman for the Smithsonian Institute.

A Smithsonian anthropologist, Douglas Owsley, is leading the studies. He was not available for comment.

“It’s odd to me that there hasn’t been any preliminary results out,” said Stephanie Jolivette, the museum’s public outreach coordinator.

Irely said the scientists, including Owsley, are juggling several projects, accounting for the delay in their findings being published.

When the courts ruled that the scientific studies could go on, they set no deadline for the scientists to complete their work and publish their findings. The article compares the Kennewick Man situation with a similar discovery in Alaska, also in 1996. Those studies have long since been completed, the findings published, and last year, the discovered bones were even reburied at the same place they were found.

The whole piece is interesting — click here to read it for yourself.

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