1970s in anthropology

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 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 Cannibals and Kings, by Marvin Harris Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco, by Paul Rabinow 1979 Portraits of "the Whiteman": Linguistic Play and Cultural Symbols among the Western Apache. by Keith Basso.

Deaths 1972 Hilma Natalia Granqvist Louis Leakey Julian Steward 1974 Pedro Bosch-Gimpera 1977 Kaj Birket-Smith Anna Hadwick Gayton

1979 Gutorm Gjessing Robert Heizer Theodora Kroeber

Awards 1979 Margaret Mead Award: John Ogbu

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