James Chatters

Who is James Chatters?

James C. Chatters is an American forensic anthropologist, archaeologist, and paleontologist. As of 2012, he is the owner of forensics consulting firm, Applied Paleoscience; and serves as a Research Associate in the Office of Graduate Studies, Research, and Continuing Education at Central Washington University; Deputy Coroner of Benton County, Washington; and a consulting scientist on staff with Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation of Bothell, Washington. In 1996, Chatters was the first scientist to excavate and study the prehistoric skeletal remains, known as Kennewick Man, which were discovered on the banks of the Columbia River.