Savages at the End of the World

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ID2298670
AuthorsDiego Ballestero (0000-0002-9816-7989)
Year2019
Volume62
Issue1
Publication date2019-04-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista de Antropologia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-7701 • E-ISSN: 1678-9857
PublisherUniversidade de Sao Paulo, Agencia USP de Gestao da Informacao Academica (AGUIA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2019.157034
OpenAlexW2942689059
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

One of the first research interests of the German anthropologist and ethnologist Robert Lehmann-Nitsche (1872-1938), upon assuming the position as head of the Department of Anthropology at the La Plata Museum in Argentina (Sección de Antropologia del Museo de La Plata), concerned the indigenous peoples of Patagonia. This article explores Lehmann-Nitsche's anthropological, ethnological, and linguistic studies among the indigenous peoples of Patagonia (Selk'nam, Gennakenk, Mapuche, Aónikenk, Kawésqar, and Yaghan) conducted between 1898 and 1919. These studies included research into pathology, craniology, anthropometry, archaeology, ethnology, linguistics, and mythology. He aimed at contributing to contemporary theories of German scholars on the development and characterization of 'natural peoples' (Naturvölker), as opposed to 'cultural peoples' (Kulturvölker), asserting a basic division of humanity

Archaeology · Ethnology · Geography · German · Humanity · Indigenous · Mythology · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · Classics · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · History · History, Culture, and Diplomacy · Law

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