Definition: Australian anthropologist Donald Thomson is perhaps best known among anthropologists for his ethnographic work among the Wik Mungkan of in Cape York, Queensland, Australia. For archaeologists, a paper he wrote in 1939 called "The seasonal factor in human culture" reported one of the earliest ethno-archaeology efforts. Thomson stayed with the Wik Mungkan for over a year, recording their behavior and studying the remains of their campfires. Thomson was a student of Radcliffe-Brown's at the University of Sydney, and was associated with the University of Melbourne throughout his professional career.
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