Social:1980s in anthropology
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Events
1984
- "Turkana Boy" is discovered.
1986
- The Human Genome Project is launched.
1989
- The National Museum of the American Indian is founded in the U.S..
Publications
1980
- Social:Negara: The Theatre State in Nineteenth-Century Bali, by Clifford Geertz
- The Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America, by Michael Taussig
1981
- In Vain I Tried To Tell You: Essays in Native American Ethnopoetics, by Dell Hymes
- Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman, by Marjorie Shostak
1982
- Europe and the People Without History by Eric Wolf
1983
- Local Knowledge: further essays in interpretive anthropology by Clifford Geertz
1984
- Muelos: A Stone Age Superstition about Sexuality, by Weston La Barre
1985
- Sweetness And Power : The Place Of Sugar In Modern History, by Sidney Mintz
1986
- Writing Culture, ed. by James Clifford and George E. Marcus
1988
- Donald Brown's Hierarchy, History, and Human Nature was published.
1989
- Our Kind: Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going, by Marvin Harris
Births
Deaths
1980
- Gregory Bateson
- Johanes Nicolaisen
1981
- Carleton Coon
- Marvin Opler
1983
- Meyer Fortes
- Herge Kleivan
- Carobeth Laird
- Victor Turner
1984
- Michel Foucault
- Audrey Richards
1985
- Karl-Gustav Izikowitz
- George Peter Murdock
- Barbara Myerhoff
1986
- Morton Fried
- Elman Service
1989
- Edmund Leach
Awards
1980
- Margaret Mead Award: Brigitte Jordan
1981
- Margaret Mead Award: Nancy Scheper-Hughes
1984
- Margaret Mead Award: Sue E. Erstoff
1985
- Margaret Mead Award: Susan C.M. Scrimshaw
1986
- Margaret Mead Award: Jill Korbin
1989
- Margaret Mead Award: Mark Nichter
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