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| Varying Form of Title: | Cannibalism and violence in the Prehistoric American Southwest
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| Other authors / contributors: | Turner, Jacqueline A., 1934-1996.
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| ISBN: | 0585134499
9780585134499
087480566X
9780874805666
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-536) and indexes.
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| Summary: | Until quite recently Southwest prehistory studies have largely missed or ignored evidence of violent competition. Christy and Jacqueline Turner's study of prehistoric violence, homicide, and cannibalism explodes the myth that the Anasazi and other Southwest Indians were simple, peaceful farmers. Using detailed osteological and forensic analyses, plus other lines of evidence, the Turners show that warfare, violence, and their concomitant horrors were as common in the ancient Southwest as anywhere else in the world. More than seventy-five archaeological sites containing several hundred individual remains are carefully examined for the cannibalism signature. Because this signature has not been reported for any sites north of Mexico, other than those in the Southwest, the authors also present detailed comparisons with Mesoamerican skeletal collections where human sacrifice and cannibalism were known to have been practiced. The authors review several hypotheses for Southwest cannibalism: starvation, social pathology, and institutionalized violence and cannibalism. In the latter case, they present evidence for a potential Mexican connection and demonstrate that most of the known cannibalized series are located temporally and spatially near Chaco great houses.
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| Other form: | Print version: Turner, Christy G. Man corn. Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©1999 087480566X
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