Forgotten History of Cannibalism, Headhunting & Human Sacrifice in North America | Ancient Rituals & Cultural Practices | For History Buffs & Anthropology Enthusiasts
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This riveting volume dispels the sanitized history surrounding Native American practices toward their enemies that preceded the European exploration and colonization of North America. We abandon truth when we gloss over the clashes between Native Americans and Europeans, encounters of parties equally matched in barbarity, says George Franklin Feldman, We neglect true history when we hide the uniqueness of the varied cultures that evolved during the thousands of years before Europeans invaded North America. The research is impeccable, the writing sparkling, and the evidence incontrovertible: headhunting and cannibalism were practiced by many of the native peoples of North America.
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The author uncovers the inconvenient evidence behind the Myth of the Nobel Savage. He uses accounts of early explorers and settlers along with findings from archaeology. Cannibalism has been confirmed by physical evidence in the Southwest before Columbus. Head hunting and scalping were established methods of trophy-taking long before the first Europeans arrived. Human sacrifice was a religious practice uncovered at places such as Cahokia. This book is a useful overview that can be used to supplement such works as Mencken by Turner or Keeeley's War Beflre Civilization.
