Harvard Irish Mission
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New article name is Harvard Irish Mission
, Massachusetts, conducted a pioneering anthropological study of Ireland, north and south. The Mission comprised three strands; social anthropology, physical anthropology and archaeology. The results of the study were published in a series of academics papers and monographs between in 1936 and 1955. The Mission had a major influence on the development of academic knowledge in and about Ireland and many of the publications continue to be cited by modern scholars across a wide range of disciplines
Conrad M. Arensberg and Solon T. Kimball, Family and Community in Ireland. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1940.
Hallam L. Movius, The Irish Stone Age; its Chronology, Development and Relationships. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1942.
E.A. Hooton and C.W. Dupertuis, with H. Dawson, The Physical Anthropology of Ireland. Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard, XXX, 1955. Two volumes.
Introduction
Between the years 1932 and 1936 a team of American academics from Harvard UniversityHarvard University
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, Massachusetts, conducted a pioneering anthropological study of Ireland, north and south. The Mission comprised three strands; social anthropology, physical anthropology and archaeology. The results of the study were published in a series of academics papers and monographs between in 1936 and 1955. The Mission had a major influence on the development of academic knowledge in and about Ireland and many of the publications continue to be cited by modern scholars across a wide range of disciplines
The Name
The name of the study is referred to by a number of labels in academic and popular media, including 'Harvard Irish Survey' and 'Harvard Irish Mission'. The archaeological section, in particular, was and still is frequently referred to as the 'Harvard Archaeological Expedition to Ireland'. However, the official name of the study was the 'Harvard Irish Mission'.Major Publications
Conrad M. Arensberg, The Irish Countryman The Macmillan Company, New York, 1937.Conrad M. Arensberg and Solon T. Kimball, Family and Community in Ireland. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1940.
Hallam L. Movius, The Irish Stone Age; its Chronology, Development and Relationships. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1942.
E.A. Hooton and C.W. Dupertuis, with H. Dawson, The Physical Anthropology of Ireland. Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard, XXX, 1955. Two volumes.