1970s in anthropology

Timeline of anthropology, 1970–1979

Events
1974 1977
 * "Lucy", the first Australopithecus afarensis is discovered
 * The Canadian Ethnology Association (now the Canadian Anthropology Association) is founded
 * The first Margaret Mead Film Festival is held

Publications
1972
 * Stone Age Economics, by Marshall Sahlins
 * The Mountain People, by Colin Turnbull

1974 1977 1979
 * 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
 * Cannibals and Kings, by Marvin Harris
 * Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco, by Paul Rabinow
 * Portraits of "the Whiteman": Linguistic Play and Cultural Symbols among the Western Apache. by Keith Basso.

Deaths
1972 1974 1977
 * Hilma Natalia Granqvist
 * Louis Leakey
 * Julian Steward
 * Pedro Bosch-Gimpera
 * Kaj Birket-Smith
 * Anna Hadwick Gayton

1979
 * Gutorn Gjessing
 * Robert Heizer
 * Theodora Kroeber

Awards
1979
 * Margaret Mead Award: John Ogbu