Cannibalism in the Prehistoric Midwest
| Recently the Cowboy Wash site was reported, where five people were consumed around 1150 AD. Charred, discarded human bone showing defleshing cut marks, pot polished bone (with human myoglobin in the pots), split bone fragments and human coprolites (feces) containing human myoglobin leave no doubt that humans were eaten and digested at this site by other humans. This report has offended many people who want to believe that cannibalism did not exist among American Indians. Though historic reports, eyewitness accounts and archaeological investigations identify cannibalism in the New World, many people believe it is politically incorrect and attempt to hide or destroy the evidence in an effort to perpetuate the "noble savage" myth. |
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Map of sights showing confirmed cannibalism. The large dot near the Great lakes represent the Nitschke, Spencer and Clam Lake sites.
© 1990 C.S.A.S.I. Last modified:
January 31 2004
