introduction BEGINNINGS: THE PHOEBE HEARST ERA (1902-1920) TRANSITION (1920-1945) EXPANSION (1945-1960) Africa and Asia Oceania Latin America Ecuador: The Michael Harner Collection mexico CULMINATION (1960-1980) RECENT YEARS (1980-2001) RECENT ACQUISITIONS Latin America In the 1950s, UC anthropologists began to study and collect in Middle and South America, encouraged by George Foster, a specialist in village Mexico, and John Rowe, a Peruvian archaeologist.