Yes, I was being a little ironic.
My favorite was the claim that the cliff dwellings of the SW, which are obviously defensive in nature, were sited for passive solar heating or some such nonsense. The popular claim in the 80s and 90s was that the Anasazi were a peaceful people.
They recently found an Anasazi coprolite (preserved feces) and analyzed it, finding human proteins. IOW, the gentleman had been dining on people.
If the neighbors got into cannibalism, I think I’d move into a cliff dwelling too.
I’ve often wondered if the change from mesa-top unfortified pueblos to cliff dwellings might have had something to do with influences from Mexico, where human sacrifice and cannibalism was an ancient way of life.