Anthropologists (NAQT)

studied the social organization of Australian tribes

built two boats from papyrus -- Ra and Ra II

British primatologist

described the gift-giving ceremony called "potlatch"

conducted fieldwork on the Inuits of Baffin Island

conducted fieldwork on the Kwakiutl on Vancouver Island

studied at the London School of Economics

worked with chimps in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania

founder of structural functionalism in anthropology

founded the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Oxford

studied cultures as sets of binary oppositions

wrote "The Golden Bough"

studied mythology and comparative religion

discovered chimps could use tools

studied the Tchambuli in New Guinea

held social anthropology chair at the Colleege de France, 1959 - 1982

studied the Dobu

worked with Louis Leakey at Olduvai Gorge

wrote "Coral Gardens and Their Magic"

trained Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict

sailed across the Pacific on a balsa-wood raft called Kon-Tiki

analyzed the crucifixion of Jesus in his work on comparative religion

studied Japanese culture in "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword"

discussed cockfighting as symbolic displays of masculinity

the founder of modern anthropology

wrote "The Interpretation of Cultures"

demonstrated how ancient people could have migrated using rafts

wrote his thesis on "The Elementary Structures of Kinship"

taught at the University of Chicago

wrote "Patterns of Culture"

wrote "Argonauts of the Western Pacific"

conducted fieldwork in Western Australia

wrote "Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies"

interviewed young girls on Ta'u in Samoa

studied the Kwakiutl

pioneered structuralist methods in anthropology

wrote "Coming of Age in Samoa"

studied the Mundugumor in New Guinea

trained Alfred Kroeber and Zora Neale Hurston

conducted fieldwork in the Andaman Islands

analyzed myths about the death and rebirth of a solar deity

wrote "The Savage Mind"

argued the Oedipus Complex was not a universal element

described the "kula ring" in the Trobriand Islands

wrote "In the Shadow of Man"

studied the Arapesh in New Guinea

studied the Zuni

did fieldwork with the Nambikwara people of Brazil

wrote "The Mind of Primitive Man"

wrote "Sex and Repression in Savage Society"

best known for work in symbolic anthropology

first professor of anthropology at Columbia University

wrote "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight"