将人类学及其学者当作田野对象来考察,研究人类学知识的发展及学者思想的来龙去脉,是人类学史研究的重要责任;它启发学者对人类学现有知识进行补充、修正和更新,是人类学史研究存在的意义。西方人类学各研究领域中,人类学史是必不可少的一环。最初西方人类学史的研究,采用了惯 Studying anthropology and its scholars as field objects, studying the development of anthropological knowledge and the ins and outs of scholarly thinking are important responsibilities in the study of anthropological history; it has inspired scholars to supplement, revise and update existing knowledge in anthropology, It is the meaning of the history of anthropology. The history of anthropology is an integral part of each field of Western anthropology. The first study of the history of Western anthropology, used the habit