1870s in anthropology

Timeline of anthropology, 1870–1879

Events
1873
 * The American Museum of Natural History establishes an anthropology department

Publications
1871
 * Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family

Births
1873
 * Leo Frobenius
 * Arnold van Gennep
 * Charles Seligman
 * John Reed Swanton

Deaths
1873
 * Louis Agassiz