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This chapter offers a brief conclusion to the book. An attempt is made to highlight the importance of recognizing the role Chaco Canyon played for the Ancestral Pueblo in the US Southwest and how Pueblo Bonito and to a lesser extent Aztec Ruins were regional centers with some form of elite leadership, which is reflected in the human skeletal remains. Finally, the book concludes with a discussion of the importance of recognizing that violence can be, and often is, used as a means of social control.
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Harrod, R.P. (2017). Conclusion. In: The Bioarchaeology of Social Control. Bioarchaeology and Social Theory. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59516-0_10
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