1980s in anthropology explained

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Timeline of anthropology, 1980–1989

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

• , by Clifford Geertz
• The Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America, by Michael Taussig

1981

• , by Dell Hymes
• , by Marjorie Shostak

1982

• Europe and the People Without History by Eric Wolf

1983

• by Clifford Geertz

1984

• , by Weston La Barre

1985

• , 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

• , by Marvin Harris

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-Hughes1984

• Margaret Mead Award

Sue E. Erstoff1985

• Margaret Mead Award

Susan C.M. Scrimshaw1986

• Margaret Mead Award

Jill Korbin1989

• Margaret Mead Award

Mark Nichter