Neil L. Whitehead
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Born | 19 March 1956
U.K.
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Died | 22 March 2012(2012-03-22) (aged 56)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
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Known for | Anthropology of violence, dark shamanism, kanaimá, post-human anthropology, historical anthropology and archaeology of South America and the Caribbean |
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Fields | Anthropology (Guyana, South America, Caribbean) |
Institutions | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Thesis | The conquest of the Caribs of the Orinoco basin (1984) |
Website | Neil L Whitehead's academia.edu page |
Neil L. Whitehead (19 March 1956 – 22 March 2012) was an English anthropologist, who is best known for his work on the anthropology of violence, dark shamanism (and Guyanese kanaimà in particular), post-human anthropology and the historical anthropology of South America and the Caribbean. From 1997 to 2007 he was the editor of Ethnohistory, Journal of the American Society for Ethnohistory.[1][2][3]
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