Cannibalism and the Anasazi, part 2 of 6

Dr. Christy Turner presents his theories about how humans were systematically butchered and eaten in the ancient pueblos of the Southwest between about A.D. 900 and 1250.

Dr. Turner wrote the 1999 book "Man Corn", with his late wife Jacqueline, about this topic.

Frederick Martin (Whitecrow Borderland) writes:

"The demonstration was conducted to show how stone knives produce cut-marks on the bones of wild game (and people) when they are processed for food. Turner comes back on camera at this point, with the bones of the people he refers to as "Anasazi," bones he removed from sacred burial sites on one of his grave-robbing expeditions, and make no mistake about it, that is what European archeologists are-grave-robbers-and if they cannot curb their need to handle the dead why not try Arlington National for a change-in order to show that the cut-marks produced on the bones of the Lamb of God are identical to the ones on the bones of the "Anasazi." This proves, of course, even scientifically, that these "Anasazi," or the people to whom the bones belonged, were the victims of cannibalism.

I am perfectly willing, in the face of Turner's overwhelming evidence, to accept the fact that these people, whoever they were, were truly the victims of cannibals. My problem with this latest "Turner" theory, however, stems from the fact that he does not clearly establish, or even begin to prove, precisely who the cannibals were. He offers up a culprit of sorts, a kind of sacrificial lamb, as it were, to take the blame for all the perceived horror of his "history" of Chaco Canyon....

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Anasazi
• Ancient-culture
• Cannibalism
• Prehispanic
• American-Southwest
• archaeology
• Pueblo-Indians
• Christy-Turner
• Four-Corners

[vyoufinder]

Turner is using the wrong tool for the job. He should use a sharper tool made for cutting meat. What does he have the grinding stone for? The other tool looks like someone's "teeth" used for chewing food before eating while toothless.

[inferno0020]

It is ridiculous to politicalize this topic. Neither "we should strip off the right of Pueblo people since their ancestors are cannibals" nor "cannibalism is just white men's lie to vilify us" will solve anything.

Any existing human group has skeletons in their closets, dude.

[steve71t]

This is classic bigfoot crunch and munch party...i'ts so obvious...am I right or am I right?!

[aztec714ok]

@menacingshadows were better than you thats the truth

[menacingshadows]

@aztec714ok Get off the white mans internet and give up his electricity, medicine, food etc. You wont will you hypocrite? Go back to living in a hut in the fucking desert eating lizards and snakes, you ungrateful peace of dog shit.

[menacingshadows]

@aztec714ok You fucking hypocrite. The Aztec killed the Native Americans too. They called the people of Mexicos northern deserts and the American Southwest "dog people" and regularly sent raiding parties. The Mexicans were battling the Cherokee and Apache long before the white man. Mexico used to offer $100.00 per Apache scalp.

The Spaniards defeated the Aztec because they were so brutal and oppressive that they have many enemies. They were more humane then the fucking shit Aztecs.

[aztec714ok]

@menacingshadows gringos killed the native american indians ,and now they invent lies..you have no conscience and you look like jeffrey dahner..you steal the land and troll around to see what you could make up everyone knows the truth go back to europe because canabilism was committed there.start with lady bathory

[Inari1987]

@menacingshadows Political Correctness is a point of view. You seem to find this video politically correct for yourself, while others find it politically incorrect.

[menacingshadows]

Due to politically correct brainwash, no one wants to hear the truth. Everyone looks away.

[boboso74]

The Grand Canyon giants ate them.