Neil L. Whitehead

Neil L. Whitehead
Born19 March 1956
U.K.
Died22 March 2012(2012-03-22) (aged 56)
Known forAnthropology of violence, dark shamanism, kanaimá, post-human anthropology, historical anthropology and archaeology of South America and the Caribbean
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology (Guyana, South America, Caribbean)
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
ThesisThe conquest of the Caribs of the Orinoco basin (1984)
WebsiteNeil 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.