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Man Corn: Cannibalism and Violence in the Prehistoric American Southwest
Christy G Turner II
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Description for Man Corn: Cannibalism and Violence in the Prehistoric American Southwest
Paperback. Using detailed osteological analyses and other lines of evidence, this study of prehistoric violence, homicide, and cannibalism explodes the myth that the Anasazi and other Southwest Indians were simple, peaceful farmers. Num Pages: 558 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1383.
This study of prehistoric violence, homicide, and cannibalism explodes the myth that the Anasazi and other Southwest Indians were simple, peaceful farmers. 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 analyses and 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. The special feature of this massively ... Read more
This study of prehistoric violence, homicide, and cannibalism explodes the myth that the Anasazi and other Southwest Indians were simple, peaceful farmers. 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 analyses and 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. The special feature of this massively ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
552
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, United States
ISBN
9780874809688
SKU
V9780874809688
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About Christy G Turner II
Christy G. Turner II is regents' professor in the Department of Anthropology at Arizona State University. The late Jacqueline A. Turner was a ranch manager in Dragoon, Arizona.
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