[prion]

In April 1998 the USACE dumped concrete blocks onto the site, supposedly to protect it from erosion, then planted trees.

The most puzzling aspect of this whole episode is the behavior of the Corps of Engineers. How does obliterating the site serve anybody's interest?

[blam]

"The most puzzling aspect of this whole episode is the behavior of the Corps of Engineers. How does obliterating the site serve anybody's interest?"

It doesn't but, it does cater to the Indians. This 'cover-up' was ordered by a 'high official' in the Clinton White House.

The American Indian/Native American skeletons only started showing up in the skeletal record about 6,000 years ago. Prior to about 6,000 years ago, the skeletons appear to be more closely related to the Kennewick Man type.

[Jeff Chandler]

How does obliterating the site serve anybody's interest?

That's the real political aspect of this, in spite of the article's inference of the opposite. It would be un-PC if non-"Indian" people predated the "Indians", therefore the Corp of Engineers under the Clintons had to destroy the evidence.

If the evidence had pointed to the PC view, the site would have been protected.

[farmfriend]

How does obliterating the site serve anybody's interest?

Well, if you are Clinton, you must do these things to show support for you special interest groups.

[Paleo Conservative]

The most puzzling aspect of this whole episode is the behavior of the Corps of Engineers. How does obliterating the site serve anybody's interest?

Sounds like Clinton's finger prints are all over this.