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kristopher

(29,798 posts)

18. "Anasazi culture did cannibalism at the end due to environmental factors"

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Reply #9)

Mon Nov 25, 2013, 11:14 PM

Nov 2013

Is this a recent finding? It doesn't jibe with what I know of what's been found. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the evidence for the cannibalism is limited to fossilized human feces in a fire pit that showed evidence of cannibalism.

As I recall the debate, the most likely explanation given the way the fire pit was defiled, was that it was probably a rogue individual.

Have there been recent developments that tell us more?

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Grisly discovery in Spain reveals Neanderthal family was butchered and eaten [View all] Ichingcarpenter Nov 2013 OP

du rec. xchrom Nov 2013 #1

At least they were free-range Neanderthals. n/t Silent3 Nov 2013 #2

For the win... macabre dark humour Ichingcarpenter Nov 2013 #3

Neanderthal Tongue mmmmmm! Botany Nov 2013 #4

I would have thought fava beans and a nice Chianti! stevenleser Nov 2013 #13

Modern humans can't really judge the Neanderthals. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #5

I agree...........nt Enthusiast Nov 2013 #6

Agreed but Ichingcarpenter Nov 2013 #9

The Aztecs practiced it, and it seems to have been a cultural thing LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #12

One idea is that the Aztecs used cannibalism as a terror weapon. We will kill you and eat you. dimbear Nov 2013 #17

Do not confuse Spanish propaganda and lies with facts. Coyotl Nov 2013 #20

"Anasazi culture did cannibalism at the end due to environmental factors" kristopher Nov 2013 #18

That is NOT correct. Coyotl Nov 2013 #19

You're responding to the wrong post perhaps? kristopher Nov 2013 #21

I realized the context. Coyotl Nov 2013 #22

At four different sites but it is contested on who Ichingcarpenter Nov 2013 #24

Benghazi Katashi_itto Nov 2013 #7

One must have escaped PeoViejo Nov 2013 #8

Wow, JimboBillyBubbaBob Nov 2013 #11

I love these threads with Thanksgiving menu ideas. n/t A Simple Game Nov 2013 #10

I wonder if they taste like monkey. Coyotl Nov 2013 #23

I doesn't matter if you have enough barbecue sauce. n/t A Simple Game Nov 2013 #25

First settlers in Jamestown warrior1 Nov 2013 #14

You. Do. Not. F#&*. With. The. Homo. Sapiens-Sapiens. Okay? DeSwiss Nov 2013 #15

Except humans weren't around then. Ichingcarpenter Nov 2013 #16