Of archeology and technorati links. The proprietors of Friends of America's Past have put up the fascinating transcript of the recent oral hearings for the appeal of the Kennewick Man case. (Well, fascinating if you're into that sort of thing, which I obviously am.) Be amazed at DoJ's arguments. The central irony of this and related cases is apparent therein - a law created with the reasonable intent of addressing and redressing the misappropriation of history and culture is being used as a device for pursuing imperial claims on the past, for the obliteration of the record of the as yet unknown dead. All your history are belong to us, indeed. (For an illustration of how this is not of concern only to scientists, see here.)

And the technorati links? Oh, referral checking on another topic led me to a heretofore unknown blog, whose author, Peter Sean Bradley, also checking around on another topic, chanced upon a K-man post, and added some tart comments, in the context of the history of science and society, to the discussion.

(More Kennewick posts here.)

Posted by Moira Breen at September 29, 2003 10:58 AM