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Violence, Taphonomy And Cannibalism In Chaco Canyon: Discerning Taphonomic Changes From Human Action In The Archaeological Record, Kerriann Marden
Violence, Taphonomy And Cannibalism In Chaco Canyon: Discerning Taphonomic Changes From Human Action In The Archaeological Record, Kerriann Marden
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The claim of cannibalism in the Southwest has sparked much controversy, and Chaco Canyon plays a central role in the hypothesis of widespread Southwestern anthropophagy. Although logical weaknesses in the argument for cannibalism in Chaco have been addressed in detail elsewhere, the actual taphonomic evidence that underpins these assertions has not received similar attention. This presentation revisits the data and weighs the validity and reliability of the taphonomic criteria upon which claims of cannibalism in the Southwest have been based.
Evidence Of Child Sacrifice At La Cueva De Los Muertos Chiquitos (660-1430 Ad), John J. Crandall, Debra L. Martin, Jennifer L. Thompson
Evidence Of Child Sacrifice At La Cueva De Los Muertos Chiquitos (660-1430 Ad), John J. Crandall, Debra L. Martin, Jennifer L. Thompson
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The La Cueva de los Muertos Chiquitos site (AD 660-1430) is located just north of Durango, Mexico. A reanalysis of the human remains from this site, excavated in the 1950s by Sheilagh and Richard Brooks, has yielded important new information. This cave site contains at least 25 burials of infants and children (n=21 being 0-3 years of age) and at least three adult burials all associated with the Gabriel San Loma Cultural Phase. Using long bone lengths and radiographic analysis of dental development, age approximations for the subadults were obtained. All of the complete juvenile burials exhibit active cases of …
Violence And Postmortem Signaling In Early Farming Communities Of The Sonoran Desert: An Expanded Taphonomic Approach, James T. Watson, Misty Fields, Marijke Stoll
Violence And Postmortem Signaling In Early Farming Communities Of The Sonoran Desert: An Expanded Taphonomic Approach, James T. Watson, Misty Fields, Marijke Stoll
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Bioarchaeological analyses of violence largely fail to consider the bio-cultural complexity that result from hostility. Here, we utilize an expanded definition of burial taphonomy to test if individuals exhibiting evidence for violence differed in other identifiable ways in early farming communities from the Sonoran Desert, circa 2,000-4,000 ybp. A variable matrix is constructed to conduct a more inclusive analysis considering demographic variables, decomposition, taphonomy, health status, and mortuary treatment. We postulate that although numerous community members experienced violence during a time of known subsistence intensification, specific individuals were selected for differential treatment as a form of postmortem signaling.
Evidence Of Violent Conflict In Males From Pot Creek Pueblo, Catrina B. Whitley
Evidence Of Violent Conflict In Males From Pot Creek Pueblo, Catrina B. Whitley
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Skeletal evidence of violence in the American Southwest is well known and both healed and peri-mortem trauma has been reported at many sites, including high rates of cranial injury supporting evidence of warfare. The present study examines the peri-mortem skeletal injuries in three young males from Pot Creek Pueblo (AD 1260-1320) located in the Taos Valley. Of the individuals analyzed from the Taos Valley, peri-mortem trauma only occurred in these three males, although healed ante-mortem injuries were present in several other individuals. CT scans of the skulls provided an additional method of analysis of the injuries and data necessary to …
Taphonomic And Skeletal Indicators Of Captivity And Violence In The Southwest (Ad 1000-1300), Debra L. Martin
Taphonomic And Skeletal Indicators Of Captivity And Violence In The Southwest (Ad 1000-1300), Debra L. Martin
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Violence against women especially as a result from raiding and abduction of women was a common and world-wide phenomenon that has been part of human history for a very long time. Its persistence into today’s globalized commodity market, where women are used as sex and domestic slaves against their will, demonstrates how institutionalized this form of violence is. Gendered violence is found in many different contexts, but it is most sustained in groups that practice raiding and abduction of women (and often children). Raiding, as part of endemic warfare strategies, is cyclical and part of a long-term strategy with economic …