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Thomas Studer's avatar

The terrorists were probably the Chacoan rulers themselves. Sites with violence and cannibalism correlate very closely Chacoan great houses. You find cannibalism, you find a great house nearby. The implication is that the Chacoan rulers were using violence and cannibalism to control the populations. The Chacoan rulers may have been foreign invaders from the south but I think they arrived 800, not 1150. Fascinating stuff, thanks for sharing.

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Ken's avatar
Jun 9Edited

What their indigenous Mesoamerican brothers didn’t come up north to have a bicultural dance with them, came to terrorize them.

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