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Gamio Martínez, Manuel

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Manuel Gamio Martinez was a Mexican archaeologist and anthropologist and a promoter of the welfare of indigenous Mexicans. He was born in Mexico City on March 2, 1883, and died on July 16, 1960, in the same city at age 77. Gamio completed his basic studies in the colleges Fournier and Colón and his high school studies in the National Preparatory School from which he graduated in 1903. Pressured by his father, he went to the School of Engineering but soon abandoned it due to lack of interest (Comas 1956; Gallegos 1996). In 1905, he obtained the post of Assistant in Evening Elementary School Supplemental Instruction No. 5, and in 1907, he joined as editor of the Spanish section in the Revista Moderna de México (Modern Mexico Magazine) where he wrote about the Indians (Gallegos 1996: 25-65)

In 1906, he attended courses in archaeology at the National Museum taking classes on Nahuatl, and ethnology given by Nicolas Leon and Andres Molina Enriquez. In 1907 he...

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Further Reading

  • Gamio, M. 1935. Hacia un México nuevo: problemas sociales. Mexico City: Instituto Nacional Indigenista.

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  1. Dirección de Estudios Históricos-INAH, Mexico City, DF, Mexico

    Haydeé López Hernández & Fernando López Aguilar

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Hernández, H.L., Aguilar, F.L. (2014). Gamio Martínez, Manuel. In: Smith, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_1293

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