RIP. I was sorry to hear the news of Robson Bonnichsen's death on Christmas Eve. Dr. Bonnichsen was one of the plaintiffs in the Kennewick Man case, a leader in "post-Clovis" research in North American archeology, and director of the Center for the Study of the First Americans. Two of the news articles about his career can be found here and here. (The latter article provides an anecdote illustrating disputes within his field: "Bonnichsen clashed with [Oregon State University's] administration about funding, and his efforts to study Kennewick man drew the scorn of his own department on campus, mostly from cultural anthropologists who objected...".)

Posted by Moira Breen at 11 January 2005 01:22 PM