Cannibalism is one of the oldest and most emotionally charged topics in anthropological literature. Tim White's analysis of the human bones of Pueblo Ansazi in southwest Colorado, site 5MTUMR-2346, reveals that nearly thirty men, women and children were massacred and cooked there around 1100 AD.

Their bones were torn to the bone, and the remains were disposed of in several rooms of Pueblo. Comparing the human skeletal remains with animal residues used in food elsewhere, the author analyzes evidence of skinning, chopping, cooking, and cracking to infer that cannibalism occurs in Mankus.

While White evaluates cannibals' claims in ethnographic and archaeological contexts around the world, he describes how cultural prejudices can often distort the interpretation of scientific data. This book applies and subtracts anatomical, tapewonomic, zoarchaeological, and forensic methods in investigating human behavior in prehistoric times.

It is an important example of how to exchange views for knowledge. "Cannibalism is a controversial issue because many people do not want to believe that their prehistoric predecessors were involved in such an activity, but it would be difficult to reject this careful study," - Kent P.

Flanery, University of Michigan "This is the best detailed research so far seems to seek to develop a set of justifiable knowledge and procedures to be used in making conclusions about the past, and no bone student can ignore this work." Benford, University of New Mexico "This could be one of the most important books written in archeology in the last decade." - James F. O'Connell, Utah University "Paleontologists, biologists, archaeologists, physical anthropologists, tabhionists, and forensic scientists should all read this work ...

Honestly, I think this will become one of the most important books in the 1990s ... "- s.

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