Prehistoric Cannibalism at Mancos 5MTUMR-2346

by Tim D. White

Book Overview

Cannibalism is one of the oldest and most emotionally charged topics in anthropological literature. Tim White's analysis of human bones from an Anasazi pueblo in southwestern Colorado, site 5MTUMR-2346, reveals that nearly thirty men, women, and children were butchered and cooked there around A.D. 1100. Their bones were fractured for marrow, and the remains discarded in several rooms of the pueblo. By comparing the human skeletal remains with those...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691609039
• ISBN13: 9780691609034
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 10.0"