The First Claim for Cannibalism in the Southwest
Walter Hough's 1901 Discovery at Canyon Butte Ruin 3, Northeastern Arizona
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7601275 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christy G Turner (0009-0004-4344-2869), Jacqueline A Turner (0000-0002-6638-1956) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 661 |
| Publication date | 1992-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/280828 |
| OpenAlex | W4246951442 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 32 |
| References cited | 51 |
A deposit of four fragmented individuals was excavated by Walter Hough in 1901 at Canyon Butte Ruin 3, northeastern Arizona. Hough thought the condition of the bones resulted from cannibalism and claimed it to be the first discovery of such in the American Southwest. Our examination of the skeletal remains identified much perimortem bone damage—cutting, anvil or hammerstone abrasions, smashing, burning, many missing vertebrae, and good bone preservation—the taphonomic signature of probable cannibalism. Facial mutilation suggests violence was associated with the multiple deaths. Hough should be credited as the first archaeologist to recognize that cannibalism likely existed in the prehistoric American Southwest
Archaeology · Butte · Cannibalism · Canyon · Cartography · Geography · Prehistory · Taphonomy · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Geology · History · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Psychedelics and Drug Studies
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| Unique citing works | 32 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,97 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2019 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 29 |