Robert H. Lowie
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert H. Lowie canonical | 4 |
| Robert Lowie | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T766061 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert H. Lowie Context triple: [Alfred L. Kroeber, influenced, Robert H. Lowie]
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Ralph Linton
Ralph Linton was an American anthropologist known for his work on culture and personality and for helping popularize key concepts such as status and role in social anthropology.
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Alfred L. Kroeber
Alfred L. Kroeber was a pioneering American anthropologist known for his influential work on Native American cultures, linguistic anthropology, and the development of cultural anthropology in the United States.
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C.
Julian Steward
Julian Steward was an American anthropologist best known for developing the theory of cultural ecology, which examined how cultures adapt to their environments.
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D.
Paul Radin
Paul Radin was an American anthropologist and folklorist known for his pioneering work on Native American cultures, languages, and religions, particularly among the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) people.
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E.
Franz Boas
Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert H. Lowie Target entity description: 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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A.
Ralph Linton
Ralph Linton was an American anthropologist known for his work on culture and personality and for helping popularize key concepts such as status and role in social anthropology.
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B.
Alfred L. Kroeber
Alfred L. Kroeber was a pioneering American anthropologist known for his influential work on Native American cultures, linguistic anthropology, and the development of cultural anthropology in the United States.
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C.
Julian Steward
Julian Steward was an American anthropologist best known for developing the theory of cultural ecology, which examined how cultures adapt to their environments.
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D.
Paul Radin
Paul Radin was an American anthropologist and folklorist known for his pioneering work on Native American cultures, languages, and religions, particularly among the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) people.
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E.
Franz Boas
Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American anthropologist
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anthropologist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | social sciences ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Boasian school of anthropology
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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
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Native American peoples of North America ⓘ
linked to:
Native Americans
Plains Indians ⓘ |
| familyName | Lowie ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Native American studies
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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
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studies of Native American cultures ⓘ work on Plains Indian societies ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Anthropological Association ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Culture and Ethnology
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Indians of the Plains ⓘ
linked to:
Plains Indians
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
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historical particularism ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
kinship systems
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religion and ritual among Native Americans ⓘ social organization ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
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linked to: Robert H. Lowie
linked to: Robert H. Lowie