Potential for DNA Testing of the Human Remains from Columbia Park, Kennewick, Washington [Feb. 3, 2000]

Part of the Archaeology of Kennewick Man project

Author(s): Noreen Tuross; Connie J. Kolman

Year: 2000

Summary

At the request of the Department of Justice and Dr. Francis P. McManamon, Departmental Consulting Archaeologist of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, the authors discuss the potential for DNA analysis of the human skeletal remains from Kennewick, Washington that are the objects of the lawsuit now pending (Bonnichsen et al., vs. United States of America, Civil No. 9601481-JE). The purpose of such an analysis would be to determine the genetic affinity of the above individual by isolating DNA from bone, and comparing any data generated with the known range and variation in human mitochondrial1 DNA.

Cite this Record

Potential for DNA Testing of the Human Remains from Columbia Park, Kennewick, Washington [Feb. 3, 2000]. Noreen Tuross, Connie J. Kolman. Washington, DC: National Park Service, Department of the Interior. 2000 ( tDAR id: 365166) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8W958XH

URL: http://www.nps.gov/archeology/kennewick/tuross_kolman.htm


Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Early Archaic • PaleoIndian

Material
Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Human Remains

Site Name
Kennewick Man Archaeological Site • Tri-Cities Archaeological District NRHP

Site Type
Burial Pit • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Isolated Burial

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Bioarchaeological Research • Consultation • Environment Research • Ethnographic Research • Heritage Management • Historic Background Research • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan

General
Corps of Engineeers • Cultural Affiliation • Department of the Interior • Kennewick Man • NAGPRA • the Ancient One

Geographic Keywords
Columbia River • Columbia River Drainage • Kennewick • Pacific Northwest • Tri-Cities Area • Upper Columbia River Basin • Washington (State / Territory)

Temporal Keywords
Early Archaic • PaleoIndian

Spatial Coverage

min long: -119.165; min lat: 46.213 ; max long: -119.128; max lat: 46.231 ;

File Information

  Name Size Creation Date Date Uploaded Access
kennewickman_potential_for_dna_testing_human_remains_columbia_... 267.35kb Jul 22, 2011 2:34:03 PM Public