Clark Wissler

Clark Wissler, Clark David Wissler actually ( born September 18, 1870 in Cambridge City, Wayne County, Indiana, USA, † August 25 1947 in New York City, USA ) was an American anthropologist, psychologist and anthropologist Museum. He coined the term " culture brain area " within the diffusionism in anthropology and was a major explorer of the North American Indians.

Life

Clark Wissler was the son of Benjamin and Sylvana Wissler on a farm near Cambridge City, Indiana, USA, born in 1870.

At first he was a student of psychology at the University of Indiana and received his bachelors degree in 1897 and his Master 1899. Later he continued in his studies at Columbia University and his doctorate in psychology makes there in 1901. Later he was also interested in anthropology and attended courses at the world-renowned anthropologist Franz Boas.

In 1902 he was an assistant of Anthropology at the American Museum for Natural History under the direction of Franz Boas. From 1903 to 1909 he taught anthropology at Columbia University. He was also from 1906 to 1941 curator of the ethnological department of the American Museum of Natural History. 1924 to 1940 he was a professor at Yale University, first of Psychology, 1931, for anthropology. He died on August 25, 1947 in New York.

Importance

Clark Wissler is still regarded as one of the pioneers of Indian research in the United States. Much of what is known about the North American Indian tribes, comes from the research Wissler. He coined beyond the concept of " culture area " in anthropology and was a leading supporter of diffusionism within its discipline.

Work

• North american indians of the plains, 1912.
• The American Indian, 1917.
• Man and Culture, 1923.
• The relation of nature to man in aboriginal America, 1926.
• Introduction to the social anthropology, 1929.
• Indian Cavalcade, 1938.
• Indians of the United States, 1940.

Translation

• The life and death of the Indians, Danubia -Verlag, 1948.