Julian Steward's 1936 article on Great Basin hunter-gatherers was the first application of a materialist theory to explain the characteristics of a specific culture, although it is now recognized as having reached erroneous conclusions about hunter-gatherer kinship and social organization.

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Julian Steward's 1936 article on Great Basin hunter-gatherers is recognized as the first application of a materialist theory to explain the characteristics of a specific culture. However, it is now understood that Steward reached erroneous conclusions about hunter-gatherer kinship and social organization in his work.

Julian Steward's 1936 Article on Great Basin Hunter-Gatherers Was the First