Robert M. Zingg

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Robert Mowry Zingg (born April 8, 1900 in Hugo , Lincoln County , Colorado , † January 3, 1957 in El Paso , El Paso County , Texas ) was an American anthropologist. He taught at the University of Denver , Colorado.

In 1930 he spent nine months with Wendell Bennett among the Tarahumara of Chihuahua in Mexico and did a great job researching the mythology of the Huichols ( Huichol ), for which he collected material in 1934 in Tuxpan .

Zingg received his doctorate in Chicago in 1937 on the reconstruction of the history of the Uto-Aztecs .

He is co-author of the book with the famous report by JAL Singh about the wolf children Kamala and Amala from Medinipur (Denver 1942).

Works

  • A Reconstruction of Uto Aztekan History (Diss. 1937)
  • The Huichols: Primitive Artists (1938)
  • Huichol Mythology
  • with Wendell Bennett : The Tarahumara: an indian tribe of Northern Mexico.
  • (as co-author of Joseph Amrito Lal Singh): Wolf children and Feral Man (Denver 1942)
  • Behind the Mexican Mountains (2001)

literature

  • Michigan State University. Latin American Studies Center: Monograph Series - Latin American Studies Center, Michigan State University, issues 16-20. in: Monograph Series - Latin American Studies Center, Michigan State University, Monograph Series - Latin American Studies Center, Michigan State University . Latin American Studies Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., 1977, p. 75.

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personal data
SURNAME Zingg, Robert M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zingg, Robert Mowry (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American anthropologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Hugo , Lincoln County , Colorado
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1957
Place of death El Paso , El Paso County , Texas