They drew upon the stories, myths, and legends of explorers, missionaries, and government officials of that time to describe the native peoples of America and elsewhere. During the twentieth century,...

They drew upon the stories, myths, and legends of explorers, missionaries, and government officials of that time to describe the native peoples of America and elsewhere. During the twentieth century, with the development of systematic ethnographic studies of indigenous societies, anthropologists began to build a better understanding of violence, aggression, and warfare in these societies.