Carneiro, Robert L. (Robert Leonard), 1927-
Contributed to
se06The Amahuaca Indians of eastern Peru
The Amahuaca Indians of eastern Peruarticle 1962
se06Shifting cultivation among the Amahuaca of eastern Peru
Shifting cultivation among the Amahuaca of eastern Peruessay 1964
se06The Amahuaca and the spirit world
The Amahuaca and the spirit worldarticle 1964
se06Hunting and hunting magic among the Amahuaca of the Peruvian montaña
Hunting and hunting magic among the Amahuaca of the Peruvian montañaarticle 1970
- Summary
- Robert Leonard Carneiro was an American anthropologist and curator of the American Museum of Natural History who is widely held to be one of the prominent sociocultural evolutionists. He is mostly known for his Circumscription theory which explains how early political states may have formed as a result of interactions between environmental constraints, population pressures, and warfare. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4]
- Born
- 1927-06-04 [2][4]
- Birth Place
- New York City [4]
- Died
- 2020-06-24 [2][4]
- Death Place
- New Hampshire [4]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [4]
- writer [4]
- Profession
- Anthropologe [2]
- Educated at
- University of Michigan [4]
- Country of Education
- United States [4]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
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