Dr. Richard John Chacon is a professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Winthrop University. His research interests include human behavioral ecology, natural resource conservation, warfare, belief systems, medical anthropology, and the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Dr. Ruben G. Mendoza is a professor in the Department of Social, Behavioral, and Global Studies at the California State University at Monterey Bay. His research interests include pre-Colombian and Colonial art and architecture throughout Mexico, Central America, the American Southwest, and Europe.