1980s in anthropology

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

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

1980

1981

1983

1984

1985

1986

1989

1980

1981

1984

1985

1986

1989