Title
Cultural Significance and the Kennewick Skeleton: Some Thoughts on the Resolution of Cultural Heritage Disputes
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
January 2002
Abstract
Cultural property such as works of art, monuments, literature, sacred remains and traditional practices can create a profound sense of communal belonging, yet nothing illuminates the ambiguities of group identity more powerfully than conflicting claims to such material. Addresses current controversies: Elgin marbles, Kennewick skeleton.
Recommended Citation
Patty Gerstenblith, Cultural Significance and the Kennewick Skeleton: Some Thoughts on the Resolution of Cultural Heritage Disputes, in Claiming the Stones, Naming the Bones: Cultural Property and the Negotiation of National and Ethnic Identity 162-97 (Elazar Barkan and Ronald Bush eds., 2002)
