Robert H. Lowie

E112695

American anthropologist anthropologist human

Robert H. Lowie was a prominent early 20th-century American anthropologist known for his influential studies of Native American cultures and his contributions to cultural anthropology theory.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Robert Lowie	2
Robert H. Lowie canonical	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American anthropologist ⓘ anthropologist ⓘ human ⓘ
academicDiscipline	social sciences ⓘ
associatedWith	Boasian school of anthropology ⓘ Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley ⓘ surface form: University of California, Berkeley anthropology department
contributedTo	development of cultural anthropology as an academic discipline ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
criticized	unilinear evolutionary theories in anthropology ⓘ
educatedAt	Columbia University ⓘ
employer	University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
ethnographicFocus	Crow people ⓘ Native Americans ⓘ surface form: Native American peoples of North America Plains Indians ⓘ
familyName	Lowie ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Native American studies ⓘ anthropology ⓘ cultural anthropology ⓘ ethnology ⓘ
givenName	Robert ⓘ
hasNotableStudent	students in the Berkeley anthropology tradition ⓘ
influenced	American cultural anthropology ⓘ
influencedBy	Franz Boas ⓘ
knownFor	contributions to cultural anthropology theory ⓘ studies of Native American cultures ⓘ work on Plains Indian societies ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Anthropological Association ⓘ
notableWork	Culture and Ethnology ⓘ Plains Indians ⓘ surface form: Indians of the Plains Introduction to Cultural Anthropology ⓘ Primitive Society ⓘ The Crow Indians ⓘ The History of Ethnological Theory ⓘ
occupation	university teacher ⓘ
positionHeld	professor of anthropology ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
studiedUnder	Franz Boas ⓘ
theoreticalOrientation	Boasian cultural relativism ⓘ historical particularism ⓘ
wroteAbout	kinship systems ⓘ religion and ritual among Native Americans ⓘ social organization ⓘ

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Subject: Robert H. Lowie
Description of subject: Robert H. Lowie was a prominent early 20th-century American anthropologist known for his influential studies of Native American cultures and his contributions to cultural anthropology theory.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alfred L. Kroeber → influenced → Robert H. Lowie ⓘ

American historical particularism → associatedWith → Robert H. Lowie ⓘ

this entity surface form: Robert Lowie

Julian Steward → influencedBy → Robert H. Lowie ⓘ

this entity surface form: Robert Lowie