It’s not surprising that, in the past, bighorn sheep found the rugged terrain of the Santa Catalina Mountains near Tucson ideal habitat (“The Cost of a Comeback,” HCN, 5/29/17). Whether it is still ideal is the question. While factors leading to the bighorn’s extirpation in the 1990s have been cataloged, I’m not aware of research […]
Peggy Wenrick
Posted inNovember 22, 1999: Go tell it on the mountain
All of us come from primitive cultures
Dear HCN, I read with interest James Bishop’s “Bones of Contention.” I was struck by the comment of Kurt Dongoske: “What he has demonstrated is that people were hacked apart, their bones dismembered. He presents no evidence of ingestion.” Mr. Dongoske is angered by Mr. Turner’s assertion that the Anasazi, particularly at Chaco Canyon, practiced […]