German Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory
The German Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory ( DAG ) was founded in 1870 as the national umbrella organization of several local societies (Göttingen, Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt am Main).
The driving force was Rudolf Virchow and his Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory . The society published a correspondence sheet (1870–1923), the archive for anthropology (1866–1935) and organized conferences. The first presidents were alternately Virchow, Wilhelm von Waldeyer (Berlin) and Ferdinand Leopold von Andrian-Werburg ( Anthropological Society in Vienna ). Under Karl Weule , it was renamed the "German Anthropological Society" in 1925. After the establishment of individual companies for its three areas, the DAG dissolved in November 1935. Its last head was Karl Hermann Jacob-Friesen . It persists in local societies like Berlin.
literature
- Karl Pusman: The "Human Sciences" on Viennese soil ( 1870-1959 ) , LIT, Vienna 2008
