Influential Anthropologists

Margaret Mead
- Worked for over 50 years
- Known for shaping the understanding of cultural norms

Clifford Geertz
- Worked about 50 years
- Famous for his interpretive approach to culture.

Bronislaw Malinowski
- Worked around 20-25 years
- Famous for his work in the Trobriand Islands
- Emphasized the importance of immersing yourself into the culture you're studying

Kathleen Kenyon
- Worked for around 50 years
- Best known for her work in Jericho and its Stone Age foundation

Howard Carter
- Worked over 40 years
- Discovered an intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh, King Tut

Lewis Binford
- Worked around 50 years
- Created new methods that are known as "New Archaeology"

Jane Goodall
- Works from 1960 to now
- Known for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees in Africa

Donald Johanson
- Worked for 45 years
- Famous for his work that has been very important for the study of human origins.

Richard Leakey
- Worked for about 50 years
- Made several important discoveries about early human evolution

Edward Sapir
- Worked around 25 years
- Famous for his role in the development of the concept of linguistic relativity

Noam Chomsky
- Worked over 70 years
- Famous for his theories on universal grammar

Dell Hymes
- Worked around 50 years
- Known for his work on the ethnography of communication