Murder at Harvard: why Jane Britton killing matters, 50 years on

The hard-drinking machismo of anthropology, the silencing of women and the dangers of life on remote digs are unearthed and explored anew

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December 16, 2020
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December 16, 2020
Jane Britton
Archaeology graduate student Jane Britton

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Print headline: Murder at Harvard: why 1969 killing still matters

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"When in 2018 the police, largely because Ms Cooper and others were still looking into the case, finally tested the surviving fragments of DNA from the crime scene, they announced a plausible theory that completely exonerated Harvard and its researchers." And yet Ms Cooper prefers to talk about abusive and misogonistic male professors in sweeping generalisations than to explore what really took place 40-odd years ago.
Although I happened on this comment almost a year after it was written, I'm still going to reply. I strongly suggest reading the book. The statement, though accurate, doesn't begin to explore the book's larger context. I say this as a person who appears in the book.

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