Ricardo Pozas Arciniega (May 4, 1912, Amealco de Bonfil,

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– January 19, 1994,

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) was a distinguished Mexican

anthropologist An anthropologist is a scientist engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropologists study aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms, values ...

, scientific investigator and indigenista. He wrote the classic anthropological works ''Juan Pérez Jolote, biografía de un tzotzil'' and ''Los mazatecos y Chamula, un pueblo indio de los altos de Chiapas''.

Works

*''Juan Pérez Jolote, biografía de un tzotzil''. Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1952. *''El desarrollo de la comunidad : técnicas de investigación social''. Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1961. *''Los mazatecos y Chamula, un pueblo indio de los altos de Chiapas''. Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica. *"Etnografía de los mazatecos", in ''Revista Mexicana de Estudios Antropológicos'', v. XVI. Sociedad Mexicana de Antropología, 1960. *''Chamula''. Mexico: Instituto Nacional Indigenista, 1977. *''La Política Indigenista en México'', with

Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán (January 20, 1908 in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz –1996 in Xalapa, Veracruz) was a Mexican anthropologist known for his studies of marginal populations. His work has focused on Afro-Mexican and indigenous populations. He wa ...

. Mexico: Instituto Nacional Indigenista, 1981. *', with Isabel Horcasitas de Pozas. Mexico: Siglo XXI, 1985. *''Yis ma̱ i shö (yo voy a decir)'', with Enrique Margery Peña (editor) and Francisco Amighetti (illustrator). Costa Rica: Ministerio de Educación Pública, 1996 (posthumous).

References

* ''Homenaje a Ricardo Pozas Arciniega''. Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1996.
Some biographical information from the government of Querétaro web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pozas Arciniega, Ricardo 1912 births 1994 deaths Mexican sociologists 20th-century Mexican educators Mexican people of Basque descent Academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico People from Querétaro 20th-century Mexican anthropologists People from Amealco de Bonfil National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni