Social:1970s in anthropology

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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
  • The Mountain People, by Colin Turnbull

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

1979

  • Portraits of "the Whiteman": Linguistic Play and Cultural Symbols among the Western Apache. by Keith Basso.

Births

Deaths

1972

  • Hilma Natalia Granqvist
  • Louis Leakey
  • Julian Steward

1974

  • Pedro Bosch-Gimpera

1977

  • Kaj Birket-Smith
  • Anna Hardwick Gayton

1979

  • Gutorn Gjessing
  • Robert Heizer
  • Theodora Kroeber

Awards

1979

  • Margaret Mead Award: John Ogbu