James Madison University JMU Scholarly Commons Senior Honors Projects, 2010-current Honors College Spring 2018 Explaining anthropophagy and social violence in the Mesa Verde region of the American Southwest Riley Smith James Madison University Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/honors201019 Part of the Archaeological Anthropology Commons, and the Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons Recommended Citation Smith, Riley, "Explaining anthropophagy and social violence in the Mesa Verde region of the American Southwest" (2018). Senior Honors Projects, 2010-current. 529. https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/honors201019/529 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Honors College at JMU Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Senior Honors Projects, 2010-current by an authorized administrator of JMU Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Explaining Anthropophagy and Social Violence in the Mesa Verde Region of the American Southwest _______________________ An Honors College Project Presented to the Faculty of the Undergraduate College of Arts and Letters James Madison University _______________________ by Riley James Smith Accepted by the faculty of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, James Madison University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Honors College. FACULTY COMMITTEE: HONORS COLLEGE APPROVAL: Project Advisor: Julie Solometo, Ph.D Bradley R. Newcomer, Ph.D., , Dean, Honors College Reader: Liam Buckley, Ph.D , Reader: Dennis Blanton, Ph.D , Reader: , , 2 PUBLIC PRESENTATION This work is accepted for presentation, in part or in full, at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 16, 2018. 3 Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................