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 Hardwick Gayton

1979

• Gutorn Gjessing
• Robert Heizer
• Theodora Kroeber

Awards

1979

• Margaret Mead Award: John Ogbu