Taphonomy and Warfare in the Mesa Verde Region

摘要: Taphonomy and Warfare in the Mesa Verde Region Kristin A. Kuckelman Debra L. Martin Abstract The periodic eruption of warfare among Ancestral Pueblo Indians who farmed region southwestern Colorado is evidenced, on remains many individuals, by perimortem depression fractures cranium other trauma characteristic violence. Taphonomic study those died events reveals weathering, carnivore damage, nonformal disposition as well evidence trophy-taking anthropophagy. Thoughtful analysis interpretation taphonomic has led to a richer more nuanced understanding societal contexts which they occurred.