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Annual award in Anthropology

The Viking Fund Medal is an annual award given out by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research for distinguishing research or publication in the field of Anthropology. From 1946 to 1961, nominees were selected by their respective societies: The American Anthropological Association, the Society for American Archaeology, and the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, respectively for the fields of General Anthropology, Archaeology, and Physical Anthropology. In 1961, the selection procedure was modified for international nominees selection to increase the number of qualified applicants; the Viking Fund Medal has no longer been awarded annually, due to the embezzlement SEK 40,000,000 from the foundation by the trustee, Birger Strid, who was convicted of financial irregularities in 1975, with many years between awards.

Year General Anthropology Archaeology Physical Anthropology
1946 Alfred Kroeber Alfred Kidder Franz Weidenreich
1947 Robert Lowie John Brew Earnest Hooton
1948 John Swanton Alex Krieger Adolph Schultz
1949 George Murdock Hallam Movius William Gregory
1950 Clyde Kluckhohn Emil Haury Wilton Krogman
1951 Ralph Linton Frank H. H. Roberts Carleton Coon
1952 Julian Steward Alfonso Caso William Straus
1953 Melville Herskovits Gordon Willey T. Dale Stewart
1954 Robert Redfield Wm. Duncan Strong William Howells
1955 A.I. Hallowell J. Eric Thompson W.E. LeGros Clark
1956 Fred Eggan Junius Bird Mildred Trotter
1957 Margaret Mead James Griffin Raymond Dart
1958 Raymond Firth Jesse D. Jennings Henri Vallois
1959 Leslie White Irving Rouse William Greulich
1960 Leslie Spier S.K. Lothrop Sherwood Washburn
Year Recipients
1961 E. E. Evans-Pritchard Robert Heine-Geldern Louis S.B. Leakey Sol Tax
1966 Claude Lévi-Strauss
1972 Grahame Clark
award suspended 1972-2003 (funds embezzled from foundation)
2003 Marilyn Strathern
2004 Jane H. Hill
2005 George Armelagos

See also

References

  1. "Viking Fund Medal". wennergren.org. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  2. "ZSU Anthropology". Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  3. Wood, Bernard (2013). "22 V.". Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia Of Human Evolution. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4443-4247-5.
  4. "RESEARCH GROUP IN ARCHEOMETRY FORMED AT UTAH". Anthropology News. 13 (6): 6. 1972. doi:10.1111/an.1972.13.6.6.3. ISSN 1541-6151.
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