Pinkerite is a big fan of the cultural materialism promoted by anthropologist Marvin Harris. And I want to point out that most or all of his work is available for free on the Internet Archive.
I own most of these, but it's handy to have them in digital form - much easier to search on key words.
- America Now: The Anthropology of a Changing Culture
- Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches: the Riddles of Culture
- Cultural Materialism : the Struggle for a Science of Culture (personal favorite)
- Culture, People and Nature: an Introduction to General Anthropology
- Minorities in the New World: Six Case Studies - with Charles Wagley
- The Nature of Cultural Things
- The Rise of Anthropological Theory; a History of Theories of Culture (considered by many to be his most significant work)
- The Sacred Cow and the Abominable Pig: Riddles of Food and Culture
- Also published as Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture
- Theories of Culture in Postmodern Times
- Town and Country in Brazil
Unfortunately "Cannibals and Kings," while shown in the Archive, is not available to borrow for free except for those with print disabilities.
BONUS
Also available on the Internet Archive - from the Pacifica Radio archive, Harris is interviewed about the 1968 Columbia protests - The Columbia University Strike. Harris was roughed up by the cops.
Harris wrote an account of the strike for the Nation magazine, Big Bust on Morningside Heights.
