His studies of the Kwakiutl Indians led him to conclude that human activity and thought must be understood in terms of the culture that originated them.
This man traveled to Baffin Island to investigate the impact of the physical environment on native Inuit migrations. His studies of the Kwakiutl Indians led him to conclude that human activity and thought must be understood in terms of the culture that originated them. This anthropologist claimed cultures are too complex to be studied from a singular perspective and developed his four-field approach. For 10 points, identify this American author of The Mind of Primitive Man who established the department of anthropology at Columbia University, and whose students included Ruth Benedict, Zora Neale Hurston, and Margaret Mead.
This man traveled to Baffin Island to investigate the impact of the physical environment on native Inuit migrations.
Franz {Boas}