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The Viking Fund Medal is an annual award given out by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research for distinguishing research or publication in the field of Anthropology.[1][2] From 1946 to 1961, nominees were selected by their respective societies: The American Anthropological Association, the Society for American Archaeology, and the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, respectively for the fields of General Anthropology, Archaeology, and Physical Anthropology. In 1961, the selection procedure was modified for international nominees selection to increase the number of qualified applicants; the Viking Fund Medal has no longer been awarded annually, due to the embezzlement SEK 40,000,000 from the foundation by the trustee, Birger Strid, who was convicted of financial irregularities in 1975, with many years between awards.[3]
| Year | General Anthropology | Archaeology | Physical Anthropology |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Alfred Kroeber | Alfred Kidder | Franz Weidenreich |
| 1947 | Robert Lowie | John Brew | Earnest Hooton |
| 1948 | John Swanton | Alex Krieger | Adolph Schultz |
| 1949 | George Murdock | Hallam Movius | William Gregory |
| 1950 | Clyde Kluckhohn | Emil Haury | Wilton Krogman |
| 1951 | Ralph Linton | Frank H. H. Roberts | Carleton Coon |
| 1952 | Julian Steward | Alfonso Caso | William Straus |
| 1953 | Melville Herskovits | Gordon Willey | T. Dale Stewart |
| 1954 | Robert Redfield | Wm. Duncan Strong | William Howells |
| 1955 | A.I. Hallowell | J. Eric Thompson | W.E. LeGros Clark |
| 1956 | Fred Eggan | Junius Bird | Mildred Trotter |
| 1957 | Margaret Mead | James Griffin | Raymond Dart |
| 1958 | Raymond Firth | Jesse D. Jennings | Henri Vallois |
| 1959 | Leslie White | Irving Rouse | William Greulich |
| 1960 | Leslie Spier | S.K. Lothrop | Sherwood Washburn |
| Year | Recipients | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | E. E. Evans-Pritchard | Robert Heine-Geldern | Louis S.B. Leakey | Sol Tax |
| 1966 | Claude Lévi-Strauss | |||
| 1972 | Grahame Clark[4] | |||
| award suspended 1972-2003 (funds embezzled from foundation) | ||||
| 2003 | Marilyn Strathern | |||
| 2004 | Jane H. Hill | |||
| 2005 | George Armelagos | |||
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