Background
Meggitt, Mervyn John was born on August 20, 1924 in Warwick, Australia. Son of Reginald Arthur and Susan (Brodie) Meggitt.
(The scarcity of arable land in the central highlands of P...)
The scarcity of arable land in the central highlands of Papua New Guinea has created fierce competition among the Mae Enga for territorial control. Blood Is Their Argument studies the Mae Enga and their continuous struggle to survive and sustain both power and prestige.
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Meggitt, Mervyn John was born on August 20, 1924 in Warwick, Australia. Son of Reginald Arthur and Susan (Brodie) Meggitt.
Bachelor, University Sydney, 1953. Master of Arts, University Sydney, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, University Sydney, 1960.
Lecturer, senior lecturer anthropology University Sydney, 1956-1965. Simon fellow University Manchester, 1963. Professor anthropology University Michigan, 1965-1967, City University of New York, from 1967, Distinguished professor, from 1980.
Fellow Institute Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, 1973-1974.
(The scarcity of arable land in the central highlands of P...)
(Ethnographic essays on Eastern Papua New Guinea and Melan...)
(Book by Gordon, Robert J., Meggitt, Mervyn J.)
Served with Royal Australian Navy, 1942-1946. Fellow Royal Anthropological Institute Great Britain. Member Association Social Anthropologists Oceania.
Married Joan Alice Lillistone, January 1, 1949.