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Edward Burnett Tylor

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Edward Burnett Tylor was a British anthropologist known for his research on primitive societies and his contributions to the theory of cultural evolution. His work had a profound impact on the development of cultural anthropology.

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“Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish.”

Spain Mexican Anthropology Aztec

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“The plateau of Mexico is 8,000 feet high, and that of Puebla 9,000 feet.”

Feet Mexico Plateaus

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“There are even many huts built entirely of the universal aloe.”

Built Universal Huts

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“Even if severe wounds are given, the Indian has many chances in his favor, for his organization is somewhat different from that of white men, and he recovers easily from wounds that would kill any European outright.”

Ifs Men Different Given Chance White Organization Favors Wounds Indian Severe White Man

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“The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland.”

People Firsts Matter House Position Building Habit Taste Chosen Holland Building Houses

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“The journey and excursions in Mexico which have originated the narrative and remarks contained in this volume were made in the months of March, April, May, and June of 1856, for the most part on horseback.”

May Made Journey Months Narrative March Mexico Volume Remarks June April Excursions Horseback

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“We are at last on the high lands of Mexico, the districts which at least three different races have chosen to settle in, neglecting the fertile country below.”

Different Country Lasts Three Race Land Chosen Settling Neglect Mexico Fertile Different Races

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“Animism characterizes tribes very low in the scale of humanity, and thence ascends, deeply modified in its transmission, but from first to last preserving an unbroken continuity, into the midst of high modern culture.”

Firsts Lasts Humanity Culture Modern Lows Scales Midst Tribes Continuity Unbroken Transmission Modern Culture Animism

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“If you are a married man resident in Cuba, you cannot get a passport to go to the next town without your wife's permission in writing.”

Ifs Men Writing Next Wife Married Towns Permission Cuba Passports Residents Married Man

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“At sunset we are rattling through the streets of the little town of Cordova.”

Littles Streets Towns Sunset Little Towns

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“Culture or civilization, taken in its wide ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society”

Men Art Whole Law Culture Belief Moral Taken Habit Civilization Members Complexes Wide Customs Capability

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“We were very kindly received by the English merchants to whom my companion had letters, and we set ourselves to learn what was the real state of things in Mexico.”

Real States Letters Companion Mexico Merchants

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“Coughs seem very common here, especially among the children, though people look strong and healthy, but in the absence of proper statistics one cannot undertake to say whether the district is a healthy one or not.”

People Looks Children Seems Strong Common Healthy Absence Statistics

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“Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth.”

Knows Earth Lying Know How Imagine Ten Miles Snow Valleys Outlets Slopes Alps

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“There was no romance about the mosquitos, however.”

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“I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth.”

Truth Regard Strict

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“The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level.”

Levels Sea Rocks Mass Height Mexico Interiors Thrust Great Heights

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“During the Tertiary period the whole valley of Mexico was one great lake.”

Whole Periods Lakes Valleys Mexico Great Lakes

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About the Author

Born: October 2, 1832
Died: January 2, 1917
Known for: Anthropologist
Quotes: 18

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