Dr. Richard Chacon next to an adult Yanomamö man hunting with bow and arrow
near the village of Poremababopateri. Photo by L. Sugiyama.

Dr. RICHARD JOHN CHACON

Interests:

Human Behavioral Ecology, Subsistence Strategies, Natural Resource Conservation, Ethics, Warfare, Ritual Violence, Belief Systems, Revolutionary Movements, Ethnohistory, Development of Social Complexity, Collective Action, Long Distance Exchange, Medical Anthropology, and Globalization; Minorities and Education; Indigenous Peoples of the Americas.

 

Fieldwork: Dr. Chacon has conducted anthropological research among the Yanomamö, the Yora and the Achuar (Shiwiar) of Amazonia. He currently woks with the Otavalo & Cotacachi Indians of the Andean Highlands.

Courses taught

            Native Peoples and the Environment

Amerindian Warfare and Ritual violence

Ancient Civilizations of the Americas

Native Peoples of South America

Anthropology of the Andean Highlands

Cultures of Latin America

Cross Cultural Perspectives

Anthropological Theory

Language and Culture

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Introduction to Biological Anthropology

Publications: Dr. Chacon's recent books include:

        

Feast, Famine or Fighting? Multiple Pathways to Social Complexity.

 Eds., Richard J. Chacon and Rubén G. Mendoza. New York: Springer. 2017   

For more information on the book please visit:

              http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319484013

The Great Awakening and Southern Backcountry Revolutionaries.

Richard J. Chacon and Michael Scoggins. New York: Springer 2014.

For more information on the book please visit:

          http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/anthropology+%26+archaeology/book/978-3-319-04596-2

The Ethics of Anthropology and Amerindian Research: Reporting on Environmental Degradation and Warfare.

Eds., Richard J. Chacon and Ruben G. Mendoza. New York: Springer. 2012.

For more inofrmation on the book please visit:

http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/archaeology+%26+anthropology/book/978-1-4614-1064-5?changeHeader

North American Indigenous Warfare and Ritual Violence.

Eds., Richard J. Chacon and Ruben G. Mendoza. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. 2007.         

For more information on the book please visit:

         http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/util/show_search_result.php?file=%2F%2FBooks%2Fbid1872.htm&terms=chacon&case=Insensitive

 

Latin American Indigenous Warfare and Ritual Violence.

          Eds., Richard J. Chacon and Ruben G. Mendoza Tucson: University of Arizona Press. 2007.

          For more information on the book please visit: http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/BOOKS/bid1871.htm

         The Taking and Displaying of Human Body Parts as Trophies by Amerindians.

          Eds., Richard J. Chacon and David H. Dye. New York: Springer. 2007.

          For more information on the book please visit:

          http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/anthropology+%26+archaeology/book/978-0-387-76983-7

 

 

 

 

Dr. Richard J. Chacon

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Series Editor for Springer's Anthropology and Ethics

Winthrop University

Rock Hill, SC 29733

Office: (803) 323-4656

E-mail: chaconr@winthrop.edu