Timeline of anthropology, 1970–1979

Events

1974 *" Lucy", the first '' Australopithecus afarensis'' is discovered *The Canadian Ethnology Association (now the Canadian Anthropology Association) is founded 1977 *The first Margaret Mead Film Festival is held

Publications

1972 *''Stone Age Economics'', by

Marshall Sahlins Marshall David Sahlins ( ; December 27, 1930April 5, 2021) was an American cultural anthropologist best known for his ethnographic work in the Pacific and for his contributions to anthropological theory. He was the Charles F. Grey Distinguished ...

*''The Mountain People'', by

Colin Turnbull Colin Macmillan Turnbull (November 23, 1924 – July 28, 1994) was a British-American anthropologist who came to public attention with the popular books '' The Forest People'' (on the Mbuti Pygmies of Zaire) and '' The Mountain People'' (on the ...

1974 *''Two-Dimensional Man : An Essay on the Anthropology of Power and Symbolism in Complex Society'', by Abner Cohen *''Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches'', by Marvin Harris 1977 *''

Cannibals and Kings ''Cannibals and Kings'' (1977, ) is a book written by anthropologist Marvin Harris. The book presents a systematic discussion of ideas about the reasons for a culture making a transition by stages from egalitarian hunter-gatherer to hierarchicall ...

'', by Marvin Harris *''Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco'', by

Paul Rabinow Paul M. Rabinow (June 21, 1944 – April 6, 2021) was professor of anthropology at the University of California (Berkeley), director of the Anthropology of the Contemporary Research Collaboratory (ARC), and former director of human practices f ...

1979 *''Portraits of "the Whiteman": Linguistic Play and Cultural Symbols among the Western Apache''. by

Keith Basso Keith Hamilton Basso (March 15, 1940 – August 4, 2013) was a cultural and linguistic anthropologist noted for his study of the Western Apaches, specifically those from the community of Cibecue, Arizona. Basso was professor emeritus of anthropolo ...

Births

Deaths

1972 * Hilma Natalia Granqvist *

Louis Leakey Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (7 August 1903 – 1 October 1972) was a Kenyan-British palaeoanthropologist and archaeologist whose work was important in demonstrating that humans evolved in Africa, particularly through discoveries made at Olduvai ...

* Julian Steward 1974 * Pedro Bosch-Gimpera 1977 *

Kaj Birket-Smith Kaj Birket-Smith (20 January 1893 – 28 October 1977) was a Danish philologist and anthropologist. He specialized in studying the habits and language of the Inuit and Eyak. He was a member of Knud Rasmussen's 1921 Thule expedition. In 1940, he ...

* Anna Hardwick Gayton 1979 * Gutorn Gjessing * Robert Heizer * Theodora Kroeber

Awards

1979 *

Margaret Mead Award Margaret Mead Award is an award in the field of anthropology presented (solely) by the Society for Applied Anthropology from 1979 to 1983 and jointly with the American Anthropological Association afterwards. This award was named after anthropologi ...

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