Anasazi

* The June 11 article about Christy Turner’s “Man Corn” thesis that the Anasazi were either cannibalized by the Toltec or were cannibals themselves is bound to disturb or otherwise stir up a lot of people. It should be remembered that this is an academic thesis, and even though such theses purportedly deal with knowledge, they are also dealings in the high-stakes game of “Remember, you heard it here first!”

Morality doesn’t enter into the interpretation of data, especially when it concerns a dead civilization. Perhaps it’s best if we begin and end with the magnificent structures in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. But then college professors have to live too, don’t they?

FORREST STRAYER

Laguna Woods