The Crow Creek Massacre Archaeological Site

Some 600 years ago, the Missouri River valley saw an outbreak of violence that culminated in the attack of the Crow Creek village, and the murder of nearly 500 men, women, and children. Their bodies were placed in the defensive ditch, the construction of which came too late to save the villagers. Not only did these people die in the conflict, but their bodies were aggressively mutilated. A testimony to the vitriolic nature of warfare at this time.

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For the previous video about Violence and Warfare :    • In the Groves of Death: The Archaeolo...  

Further Reading:
P. Willey and Thomas E. Emerson, 1993
The Osteology and Archaeology of the Crow Creek Massacre
Plains Anthropologist 38(145)

Douglas B. Bamforth and Curtis Nepstad-Thornberry 2007
Reconsidering the Occupational History of the Crow Creek Site (39BF11)
Plains Anthropologist 52(202)

Richard J. Chacon and David H. Dye 2007
The Taking and Displaying of Human Body Parts as Trophies by Amerindians