2010s in anthropology

Timeline of anthropology, 2010–2019

Events

2013

  • Discovery of Homo naledi an extinct species of hominin, found in the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star Cave system in South Africa's Gauteng province

2015

  • Announcement of the discovery of Homo naledi made

Births

Deaths

2011

  • Lewis Binford (April 11) (archaeologist)
  • Carlos Iván Degregori (May 18)
  • Edmund Snow Carpenter (July 1)[1]
  • Allen R. Maxwell (November 16)
  • Marc Swartz (December 14)

2012

  • Elizabeth Brumfiel (January 1)
  • Steven Rubenstein (March 8)
  • Dennison J. Nash (March 20)[2]
  • Neil L. Whitehead (March 22)
  • Phillip V. Tobias (June 7)
  • Michel-Rolph Trouillot (July 5)[3]
  • Anna Lou Dehavenon[4]

2013

  • Masao Yamaguchi

Publications

  • David Graeber, Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
  • Tim Ingold, Being Alive: Essays on Movement, Knowledge and Description (2011)
  • Christoph Antweiler, Inclusive Humanism: Anthropological Basics for a Realistic Cosmopolitanism (2011)
  • Angela Davis, The Meaning of Freedom: And Other Difficult Dialogues (2012)

Awards

References

  1. ^ Grimes, William (7 July 2011). "Edmund Carpenter, Archaelogist [sic] and Anthropologist, Dies at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Emeritus Professor of Anthropology Dennison Nash Dies". University of Connecticut. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. ^ "In Memoriam: Michel-Rolph Trouillot". American Anthropological Association. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  4. ^ Douglas, Martin. "Anna Lou Dehavenon, Who Drew Attention to the Homeless, Dies at 85". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
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