1940 in anthropology

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1940 in anthropology

Events

• The oldest known North American mummy, Spirit Cave Man, is excavated.
• Prehistoric paintings in the Lascaux caves are discovered.

Publications

• ''Race, Language and Culture, by Franz Boas
• African Political Systems, ed. by Meyer Fortes and E. E. Evans-Pritchard

Births

• Michael Taussig
• Bruce Kapferer

Deaths

• James Frazer
• Alexander Goldenweiser
• Alfred Cort Haddon
• Charles Seligman

See also

• List of years in anthropology
• 1939 in anthropology
• 1941 in anthropology

 

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