Whether by curious Boy Scouts and backyard archaeologists or competitive collectors and knowledge-hungry anthropologists, the excavation of native remains is a time-honored practice fraught with injustice and simmering resentments.
Grave Matters is the history of the treatment of native remains in California and the story of the complicated relationship between researcher and researched.
Tony Platt begins his journey with his son's funeral at Big Lagoon, a seaside village in pastoral.
Heyday Grave matters: excavating california's buried past, paperback/tony platt
