His "four field" approach divided his work into the study of human evolution, archaeology, language, and culture, and his writings include Anthropology and Modern Life and The Mind of Primitive Man.
His first fieldwork involved studying the Central Eskimos on Baffin Island. His "four field" approach divided his work into the study of human evolution, archaeology, language, and culture, and his writings include Anthropology and Modern Life and The Mind of Primitive Man. His students included Alfred Kroeber, Melville Herskovits, Zora Neale Hurston, Ruth Benedict, and Margaret Mead. For 10 points, name this "father of American anthropology" who began a noted doctoral program in the subject at Columbia.
His first fieldwork involved studying the Central Eskimos on Baffin Island.
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