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The Scope of AnthropologyAuthor(s): Claude Levi-StraussSource: Current Anthropology, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr., 1966), pp. 112-123Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of Wenner-Gren Foundation forAnthropological ResearchStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2740021Accessed: 18/01/2010 03:28

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Issue Table of ContentsCurrent Anthropology, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr., 1966), pp. 109-264Front MatterOur Readers Write [pp.109-130]Viking Fund Medal and Award [pp.110-111]The Scope of Anthropology [pp.112-123]Anthropology: Its Achievements and Future [pp.124-127]The Published Works (1936-1964) of Claude Levi-Strauss [pp.128-129]Geographical-Historical Versus Psycho-Functional Explanations of Kin Avoidances [pp.131-182]The ABO-System and Racial Geography [pp.183-184]The Problem of Totemism As Seen by Soviet Scholars [pp.185-188]Fieldwork ReportReligion in an Affluent Society [pp.189-195]

Wanted [p.195]Discussion and CriticismFurther Comments on "Rethinking the Concept 'Primitive'" [pp.196-197]Some Comments Concerning Hockett and Ascher's Contribution on the Human Revolution [pp.197-204]More on the Fate of the "Classic" Neanderthals [pp.204-214]The Language of "Oceanic Linguistics Today" [p.215]On Tool-Use Among Primates [pp.215-216]

CA Book Reviewuntitled [pp.217-230]

250th Anniversary: Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. [pp.231-233]Research ReportsNeolithic Skeletons from Ban Kao, Thailand, and the Problem of Thai Origins [pp.234-235]The Linear Coordinate-cum-Angle Measure: A Multi-purpose Tool [pp.235-239]The So-called Gottweig Interstadial of the Wurm Glaciation [pp.239-243]

Institutions [p.243]Publications Received [pp.244-247]Journal Contents [pp.247-250]Conferences [pp.251-256]Serial Publications [pp.256-259]Recommended to Read [pp.259-260]For Sale [p.260]Documentation and Data Retrieval [pp.260-261]Free Materials [p.261]Research Needed [p.261]Associates in Current Anthropology [pp.261-264]Errata [p.264]Back Matter