1940–1949_in_anthropology
Timeline of anthropology, 1940–1949
1940
- The oldest known North American mummy, Spirit Cave Man, is excavated
- Prehistoric paintings in the Lascaux caves are discovered
1949
- The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) is founded at Yale University
1940
- Race, Language and Culture, by Franz Boas
- African Political Systems, ed. by Meyer Fortes and E. E. Evans-Pritchard
1944
- The People of Alor by Cora Du Bois
- Configurations of Culture Growth by Alfred Kroeber
- The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi
1949
- The Hero with a Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell
- Les structures élémentaires de la parenté (The Elementary Structures of Kinship), by Claude Lévi-Strauss
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1948
1949
- Stephen Feld
- Ian Hodder
1940
1941
1942
1943
- Mark Cohen
- Katsuyoshi Fukui
- Aleš Hrdlička
- Donald Johanson
1948