Turner's work is part of a long legacy to denigrate Indians, to dehumanize them. In Santa Fe, Peter Bullock, an anthropologist at the Museum of New Mexico, also dismisses Turner's work. We don't accept it over here. In fact, we consider it pretty much of a joke. Turner believes people misunderstand the way science works.
Science works based on footprints and very powerful inferences.
But he is very well respected and I am urging my Indian students at Northern Arizona University to leave concerns of racism aside and look at the facts. Warren Cremer, a veteran Southwestern anthropologist based in Arizona's Verde Valley, is persuaded that the controversial book is solid science. Turner has gathered, examined and presented his evidence with great care and precise measurements. Other scientists can independently test his claims. So far, none of his critics have challenged his methodology.