1970s in anthropology

none November 2025 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 Leakeyhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Leakey Louis Leakey Encyclopædia Britannica 9 November 2025 Julian Stewardhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Julian-Steward Julian Steward Encyclopædia Britannica 9 November 2025 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 References Category:Anthropology by decade Anthropology Category:Anthropology timelines