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 of animals used for food at other sites the author analyzes evidence for skinning dismembering cooking and fracturing to infer that cannibalism took place at Mancos As White evaluates claims for cannibalism in ethnographic and archaeological contexts worldwide he describes how cultural biases can often distort the interpretation of scientific data This book applies and introduces anatomical taphonomic zooarchaeological and forensic methods in the investigation of prehistoric human behavior It is an important example of how we can exchange opinion for knowledge Cannibalism is a controversial topic because many people do not want to believe that their prehistoric ancestors engaged in such activity but they will be hard put to reject this meticulous study Kent V Flannery University of Michigan This is the best piece of detailed research yet to appear that seeks to put in place a body of justified knowledge and a procedure for its use in making inferences about the past No student of bones can ignore this work Lewis R Binford University of New Mexico This could be one of the most important books in archaeology written in the last decade James F O Connell University of Utah Paleontologists and zooarchaeologists archaeologists and physical anthropologists taphonomists and forensic scientists should all read this work Quite frankly I think this will become one of the most important books of the 1990s R Lee Lyman University of Missouri ColumbiaOriginally published in 1992 The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print on demand technology to again make available previously out of print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905

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