Man Corn: Cannibalism and Violence in the Prehistoric American Southwest

Description

Authors: Turner, Christy G. and Turner, Jacqueline A.

Publisher: University of Utah Press

Pub Date: 1999 (First edition) and 2000 (Second printing)

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: 2 copies.  Copy 1 (RM):  Book: Fair.  Binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  “Review Copy” stamp on lower corner ffep.   Slight smudging to bottom text block.  Foxing to top text block.  Lower front corner has a slight bump, and there’s another small bump along bottom edge near spine foot.  Appears unused.  Dust Jacket: Fair.  NOT price clipped (no price indicated).   Sun-fading to spine and rear spine edge.  Slight edge wear to upper edges, front and rear.  Copy 2 (CH): Book: Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Appears unused.  Dust Jacket: Good.  NOT price clipped (no price indicated).  Slight wear to spine head and upper rear cover corner.

Notes: “…humans are usually enjoined not to eat one another, at least not their own family, friends, and neighbors (a practice usually referred to as endocannibalism).  Eating strangers or enemies, called exocannibalism, is less strongly prohibited and  sometimes even expected….This book is the first to examine prehistoric Southwestern cannibalism on a regional scale rather than site by site.  It has two goals.  First we define and illustrate the characteristics of damaged human bones that we believe reflect acts of cannibalism in the American Southwest.  Second, we attempt to explain why cannibalism occurred there, …” (From the Introduction) ”  A paperback version of this title is also available.  See https://joethebookguy.com/shop/archaeology/man-corn-cannibalism-and-violence-in-the-prehistoric-american-southwest/    “He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.” John 6:56