Chester S. Chard Explained

Chester S. Chard (1915–2002) was an American anthropologist who collaborated with Russian and Japanese scholars to establish the field of circumpolar or arctic anthropology.^[1] He received degrees at Harvard University (1937) and the University of California at Berkeley (Ph.D. 1952 in Anthropology) where he was one of Robert Lowie's last graduate students. He taught for over 20 years, mostly at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and published over 160 books and articles. His research focused on Old World prehistory,^[2] cultural history of North and East Asia,^[3] and the interhemispherical relationships of New World cultures and circumpolar problems.^[4] He founded the academic journal Arctic Anthropology, in 1962. He published on numerous topics and cultures, including the ball courts of the Southwest,^[5] Pre-Columbian trade,^[6] the Kamchadal culture,^[7] North American burial grounds,^[8] the prehistory of Siberia,^[9] Inner Asia, prehistoric Japan,^[10] the Nganasan people,^[11] Eskimos,^[12] and the Chukchi Peninsula.^[13]

Notes and References

1. Book: Chard . Chester . . 1962 . Dept. of Anthropology . Madison, WI . 251255006 .
2. Book: Chard . Chester . Man in Prehistory . 1975 . McGraw-Hill . New York, NY . 977732991 .
3. Book: Chard . Chester . Northeast Asia in prehistory . 1975 . University of Wisconsin Press . London and Madison, WI . 906499004 .
4. Workman . William B. . McCartney . Allen P. . Supplement: Festschrift Issue in Honor of Chester S. Chard . Arctic Anthropology . 1974 . 11 . 1–4 . 40315794 .
5. Book: Chard . Chester . Distribution and significance of ball courts in the Southwest . 1940 . Excavators ̓ Club . Cambridge, MA . 2687753 .
6. Chard . Chester . Pre-Columbian trade between North and South America . Kroeber Anthropological Society Papers . 1950 . 1 . 1–27 . May 31, 2020.
7. Book: Chard . Chester . Kamchadal culture and its relationships in the Old and New Worlds . 1961 . Society for American Archaeology and University of Wisconsin Press . Madison, WI . 67902196 .
8. Book: Chard . Chester . North American burial mounds: the case for independent invention . 1962 . Paris . 1026638032 .
9. Book: Chard . Chester . Siberia . 1970 . 948310634 .
10. Book: Chard . Chester . Prehistoric Japan : a survey of cultural development down to the late Jomon stage (approximately 2000 B.C.) . 1972 . Intercultural Arts Press . New York, NY . 950895435 .
11. Chard . Chester S. . The Nganasan: wild reindeer hunters of the Taimyr Peninsula . Arctic Anthropology . 1963 . 1 . 2 . 105–121 . 40315565 .
12. Book: Chard . Chester . Eskimo archaeology in Siberia . 1955 . University of New Mexico Press . Albuquerque, NM . 53219789 .
13. Chard . Chester . Recent archaeological work in the Chukchi Peninsula . Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska . 1960 . 8 . 2 . 31108825 .