1940s in anthropology
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Other topics in 1940s:
The Timeline of anthropology, 1940–1949, follow. This decade, during which World War II was fought, was critical for the publication of a number of important works in anthropology. A number of notable anthropologists were born during the Baby Boom Generation that started in 1945.
Events
[edit]1940
- The oldest known North American mummy, Spirit Cave Man, is excavated[1]
- Prehistoric paintings in the Lascaux caves are discovered[2]
1949
- The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) is founded at Yale University[3]
Publications
[edit]1940
- Race, Language and Culture, by Franz Boas
- African Political Systems, ed. by Meyer Fortes and E. E. Evans-Pritchard
1944
- The People of Alor by Cora Du Bois
- Configurations of Culture Growth by Alfred Kroeber
- The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi
1949
- The Hero with a Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell
- Les structures élémentaires de la parenté (The Elementary Structures of Kinship), by Claude Lévi-Strauss
Births
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1941
1942
1943
1944
1948
1949
Deaths
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1941
1942
1943
1948
References
[edit]- ↑ Redmond, Caroline (2018-11-09). "Mystery Of 10,600-Year-Old 'Spirit Cave Man,' Earth's Oldest Natural Mummy, Finally Solved". All That's Interesting. Archived from the original on October 18, 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ↑ Curtis, Gregory (2007). The Cave Painters. Anchor Books. pp. 82–88. ISBN 978-1-4000-7887-5.
- ↑ Ford, Clellan S. 1970. Human Relations Area Files: 1949-1969, a Twenty-Year Report (10). (New Haven, CT: Human Relations Area Files).