{"product_id":"9780688034993","title":"Cannibal - Harner, Michael J","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eCannibal\u003c\/u\u003e by Harner, Michael J\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover with Dust Jacket\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Morrow, 1979\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis novel by anthropologists Michael Harner and Alfred Meyer explores Aztec cannibalism in the context of the Spanish Conquest. It explores the thesis that Aztec human sacrifice and large-scale cannibalism was a necessary, pragmatic response to chronic protein deficiency. It argues this massive ritual consumption of human flesh arose due to a lack of domesticated herbivorous mammals in Mesoamerica.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eProduct image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morrow, 1979","offers":[{"title":"Cannibal \/ Very Good","offer_id":53962441556260,"sku":"9780688034993VG","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9951\/4148\/files\/public_ebdc36ce-0574-4c6d-b988-8f8a3b5366f8.jpg?v=1779988731","url":"https:\/\/brookingsbooks.com\/products\/9780688034993","provider":"Brookings Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}