1920s in anthropology explained

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Timeline of anthropology, 1920–1929

Events

1922

• Nanook of the North is released in theatres.

1924

• Taung child fossil discovered.

Publications

1921

• Language: An Introduction To The Study Of Speech by Edward Sapir

1922

• Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronislaw Malinowski

1925

• Handbook of the Indians of California by Alfred Kroeber

1927

• Sex and Repression in Savage Society by Bronislaw Malinowski

1928

• Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret Mead

Births

1921

• Mary Douglas

1922

• Sidney Mintz

1924

• Colin Turnbull

1925

• Kathleen Aberle
• Carlos Castaneda
• Frantz Fanon
• Ernest Gellner
• Claude Meillassoux

1926

• Nakane Chie
• Clifford Geertz
• Robert Paine^[1]
• Roy Rappaport

1927

• Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
• Marvin Harris
• Dell Hymes

1928

• Fredrik Barth
• William Bright
• Noam Chomsky

Deaths

1921

• James Mooney

1922

• W. H. R. Rivers

1928

• Pliny Earle Goddard

Notes and References

1. Robert Paine: 1926-2010 . Cohen, Anthony . Anthropology Today . October 2010 . 26 . 5 . 24.