http://westerndigs.org/from-stone-darts-to-dismembered-bodies-new-study-reveals-5000-years-of-violence-in-central-california/

A few highlights which will undoubtedly be cherry-picked by the sheeple's scholars:

"...anthropologists conducted a landmark study of its dead, cataloging signs of violence found in burials between the Sierra Nevada and the San Francisco Bay, dating from historic times all the way back to 3000 BCE."

[Will try to argue for rough alignment with arrival of Jaredites, even though that would not have been until around 2200-2300 BC--of course, they will avoid mentioning Nevada and Central California.]


"The first, and arguably more gruesome, episode spanned from 500 BCE to 420 CE, when dismemberment and trophy-taking appeared to peak."

[Will claim to be nearly an exact match to timeline for Nephite/Lamanite civilizations and they will highlight dismemberment as described by Ammon and also the scalping of Zerahemnah.]


"This early period also saw the first major increase in projectile-based violence, perhaps, the authors note, coinciding with the introduction of the atlatl dart-thrower."

[Darts are mentioned in the BoM...yay! How could Joseph Smith have possibly known?]


"Indeed, the pair points out, this thousand-year-span appeared to be a tumultuous time throughout all of ancient California, as many hunter-gatherer groups migrated to new grounds, and new ones arrived from the east."

[New ones arrived from the east?! That should be easy for them to twist.]


"The second spike in violence detected in the skeletal remains took place much more recently, during the early historic period from 1720 to 1899. Here, injuries by sharp projectiles were far more frequent here than at any other time — evident in about 10% of the sample — due in large part, the researchers say, to a new technology. 'The introduction of a new weapon system — the bow and arrow — definitely changed the social and political landscape, increasing inter-group conflict.'...the bow and arrow first arrived in central California from the east, perhaps as late as 1200 CE, and likely took centuries to become used widely."

[They will mention the increased violence associated with the bow and arrow, but will NOT provide the timeline, which is 800 years too late.]


“'Females also on occasion participated in combat with neighboring tribes and colonizers, although to a lesser degree relative to males'...Indeed, rates of head trauma were only slightly less common in women than men — 4% of females, versus 5.5% of males — an observation perhaps supported by the many historic accounts of women taking up arms alongside men in the Miwok, Costanoan, and Patwin, among other groups."

[Just like the two wars of extermination involving the Jaredites and then the Nephites. Of course, they will NOT mention the names of the Indian tribes involved, since the deluded masses need to be unaware of the level of scientific knowledge that we do have about native Americans and that they are NOT Middle-Eastern transplants.]



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