Begoña Aretxaga (1960-2002) was a Basque anthropologist known for her work on

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and Basque country. She studied at the University of the Basque Country and

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where she lectured. She also worked at

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and near the end of her life she taught at the

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Basque women People from San Sebastián University of the Basque Country alumni Princeton University alumni Harvard University faculty University of Texas at Austin faculty Spanish anthropologists Spanish women anthropologists 1960 births 2002 deaths 20th-century anthropologists {{Spain-scientist-stub