Hypotheses
The events leading to this massacre are unknown, but there are many hypotheses that exist to explain such a horrific event. The most plausible of these explanations is that “overpopulation, land-use patterns, and an unstable climate caused the people to compete for available farmland” (Zimmerman 1985:16). The malnutrition suffered by the Crow Creek villagers was most likely not uncommon for people in that region during this time period. Because of this, there is a strong chance that another Initial Coalescent group or several groups in the region attacked the Crow Creek village for the arable land and resources (Zimmerman and Bradley 1993).
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