That conversation is not over.

The questions raised by the Anzick burial — about the first Americans, about the relationship between ancient and modern peoples, about the ethics of studying human remains, about what the death of a child 13,000 years ago tells us about the people who lived then — continue to be asked and partially answered and asked again, in the ongoing work of archaeologists, geneticists, and the Native American communities who are part of this history.

The Meaning of Burial Itself

The Anzick burial is, ultimately, evidence of something more fundamental than any specific archaeological fact about Clovis technology or American settlement.