Marden, Kerriann2024-04-262012-04-0810.7275/R58G8HM5http://dx.doi.org/10.7275/R58G8HM5https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/32606The claim of cannibalism in the Southwest has sparked much controversy, and Chaco Canyon plays a central role in the hypothesis of widespread Southwestern anthropophagy. Although logical weaknesses in the argument for cannibalism in Chaco have been addressed in detail elsewhere, the actual taphonomic evidence that underpins these assertions has not received similar attention. This presentation revisits the data and weighs the validity and reliability of the taphonomic criteria upon which claims of cannibalism in the Southwest have been based.flash_audioThere is an image in the poster from the NAA and two reproduced from Man Corn. I should not have trouble getting permission from NAA but have not approached University of Utah Press. If needed, I can remove two images easily and without disrupting argument.Institutional ViolenceChaco Canyoncannibalismbioarchaeologytaphonomyarticle