Editing Kennewick Man (section)

==Discovery==
Kennewick Man was discovered by accident by two college students, Will Thomas and David Deacy, on July 28, 1996. They were at the Columbia River to watch a [[Hydroplane (boat)|hydroplane]] race near Kennewick. Thomas was wading in about {{cvt|18|in|cm|-1|disp=flip}} of water, about {{cvt|10|ft|0|disp=flip}} from shore, when his foot struck something hard and round. He pulled up a human skull. They stashed it in the bushes, waited for the race to finish, then found a plastic bucket and took the skull to a Kennewick police officer. The police returned with the students to the location.{{sfnp|Stang|1996}} Further searching found more bones underwater and along the shore. The county coroner determined the skull was not modern, and it was given to archaeologist [[James Chatters]], who over the course of ten visits to the site, assembled 350 bones and bone fragments creating a nearly complete articulated skeleton.{{sfnp|Custred|2000}}