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Grave Matters: Excavating California’s Buried Past

Tony Platt

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Description:Whether by curious Boy Scouts and "backyardarchaeologists" or competitive collectors and knowledge-hungryanthropologists, the excavation of native remains is a time-honored practicefraught with injustice and simmering resentments. Grave Matters isthe history of the treatment of native remains in California and the story ofthe complicated relationship between researcher and researched.Tony Platt begins his journey with his son's funeral at BigLagoon, a seaside village in pastoral Humboldt County in Northern California,once O-pyúweg, a bustling center for the Yurok and the site of a plunderednative cemetery. Platt travels the globe in search of the answer to thequestion How do we reconcile a place of extraordinary beauty with its horrificpast?Grave Matters centersaround the Yurok people and the eventual movement to repatriate remains andreclaim ancient rights, but it is also a universal story of coming to termswith the painful legacy of a sorrowful past.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Grave Matters: Excavating California’s Buried Past. To get started finding Grave Matters: Excavating California’s Buried Past, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Whether by curious Boy Scouts and "backyardarchaeologists" or competitive collectors and knowledge-hungryanthropologists, the excavation of native remains is a time-honored practicefraught with injustice and simmering resentments. Grave Matters isthe history of the treatment of native remains in California and the story ofthe complicated relationship between researcher and researched.Tony Platt begins his journey with his son's funeral at BigLagoon, a seaside village in pastoral Humboldt County in Northern California,once O-pyúweg, a bustling center for the Yurok and the site of a plunderednative cemetery. Platt travels the globe in search of the answer to thequestion How do we reconcile a place of extraordinary beauty with its horrificpast?Grave Matters centersaround the Yurok people and the eventual movement to repatriate remains andreclaim ancient rights, but it is also a universal story of coming to termswith the painful legacy of a sorrowful past.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Grave Matters: Excavating California’s Buried Past. To get started finding Grave Matters: Excavating California’s Buried Past, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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