Robert Kelly As Interested As Ever In Bodies

“Many American Indians had questioned the need for research on their ancestors’ bones, and considered archaeological digs to be insulting, or simple theft. Tensions were often high. I still recall the moment in 1979, when I was starting out in archaeology, that two young Paiute men approached me in a bar in Fallon, Nev., flashing knives, and warned me not to ‘dig up’ their grandfather.”
 — R. Kelly* has a nice op-ed in today’s Times

about the importance of allowing archeologists to study ancient American Indian remains. * University of Wyoming Robert L. Kelly.