They found the remains in a settlement in the southwestern state of Colorado. People now known as the Anasazi lived in the settlement about eight-hundred years ago. The Anasazi mysteriously disappeared by the year Thirteen-Hundred. Their disappearance is linked to a severe lack of water. The Anasazi are believed to have been the ancestors of the Pueblo Indians, who built complex settlements throughout the southwest.
Scientists say the Colorado settlement was used for many years.
It contained cooking pots, building materials, jewelry and other valuable objects. Researchers also found the bones of seven people in the ruins. The bones had been cut up, and the skin had been removed and burned. After the killings, the Anasazi apparently left the settlement. But critics argued that the evidence did not prove that the people killed had been eaten.