Richard J. Chacon is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Winthrop University. His research interests include indigenous peoples, warfare, long distance exchange, secret societies, and the rise of social complexity. He has conducted ethnographic fieldwork among the following indigenous groups: Yora, Yanomamö, Achuar, Cotacachi, Otavalo, and Haida.
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Télécharger le livre : The History and Environmental Impacts of Hunting Deities
Richard J. Chacon
The History and Environmental Impacts of Hunting Deities
This edited volume analyzes the belief in supernatural gamekeepers and/or animal masters of wildlife from a cross-cultural perspective. It documents the antiquity and widespread occurrence of the belief in supernatural gamekeepers at the global level.This...
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Parution : 2023-10-31

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Télécharger le livre : Feast, Famine or Fighting?
Richard J. Chacon , Rubén G. Mendoza
Feast, Famine or Fighting?
The advent of social complexity has been a longstanding debate among social scientists. Existing theories and approaches involving the origins of social complexity include environmental circumscription, population growth, technology transfers, prestige-based...
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Parution : 2017-01-20
Collection : Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation
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Télécharger le livre : The Great Awakening and Southern Backcountry Revolutionaries
Richard J. Chacon , Michael Charles Scoggins
The Great Awakening and Southern Backcountry Revolutionaries
This work documents the impact that the Great Awakening had on the inhabitants of colonial America’s Southern Backcountry. Special emphasis is placed on how this religious revival furrowed the ground on which the seeds of the American Revolution would sprout. The...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2014-07-08
Collection : SpringerBriefs in Anthropology
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Télécharger le livre : The Ethics of Anthropology and Amerindian Research
Richard J. Chacon , Rubén G. Mendoza
The Ethics of Anthropology and Amerindian Research
The decision to publish scholarly findings bearing on the question of Amerindian environmental degradation, warfare, and/or violence is one that weighs heavily on anthropologists. This burden stems from the fact that documentation of this may render descendant...
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Parution : 2011-12-15

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Télécharger le livre : The Taking and Displaying of Human Body Parts as Trophies by Amerindians
Richard J. Chacon , David H. Dye
The Taking and Displaying of Human Body Parts as Trophies by Amerindians
The Amerindian (American Indian or Native American – reference to both North and South America) practice of taking and displaying various body parts as trophies has long intrigued both the research community as well as the public. As a subject that is both controversial...
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Parution : 2007-08-21
Collection : Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
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