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Joseph Tainter

American anthropologist
Person human Q3134839

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
December 8, 1949
Place of birth
San Francisco
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
anthropologist, historian
Employer
University of New Mexico, United States Forest Service, Utah State University[7][8][9]
Field of work
sustainability[6]
Educated at
University of California, Santa Barbara, Northwestern University[10][11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[16]
Birth name
Joseph Anthony Tainter[17]
Family name
Tainter[13]
Given name
Joseph[14]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Northwestern University Libraries[18]
Professorship
professor[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Joseph A. Tainter en Joseph Tainter fa جوزف تینتر fi Joseph A. Tainter ru Джозеф Тейнтер ru Тейнтер, Джозеф zh 約瑟夫·坦特
🔖 Identifiers · 25
ISNI
0000000116721441
VIAF cluster ID
73917846
Library of Congress authority ID
n81087602
GND ID
1138314390
American Academy in Rome ID
12419390
Archaeology Data Service person ID
23981
Babelio author ID
285570
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
122976887
CBDB.cz author ID
33760
Film.ru person ID
joseph-tainter
Freebase ID
/m/04lm1w
IMDb ID
nm2816643
Show all 25 identifiers +13
IdRef ID
031835953
Kinobox person ID
769685
MusicBrainz artist ID
54da5124-3234-4ba5-b65f-2b6ba4f510ac
NL CR AUT ID
xx0104601
NUKAT ID
n2007148186
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007460166305171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
079797105
Open Library ID
OL988918A
SHARE Catalogue author ID
660949
SVKKL authority ID
0278173-Tainter-Joseph-A-1949
Wellcome Collection concept ID
z8cepzf2
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtcM3cKmVP9wyxJJpjBfq
Yale LUX ID
person/85a7dd32-f624-4281-8211-1de56ce9c8aa

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🔗 Connections
Employer 3
University of New Mexico, United States Forest Service, Utah State University
Educated at 2
Northwestern University, University of California, Santa Barbara
Occupation 2
historian, anthropologist
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Field of work 1
sustainability
Given name 1
Joseph
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
San Francisco
Professorship 1
professor
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Joseph Tainter was born on December 8, 1949[1], in San Francisco[2]. He has worked as an anthropologist[3] and historian[4].

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  • Type: Person[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 54da5124-3234-4ba5-b65f-2b6ba4f510ac[20]

FAQs

Where was Joseph Tainter born?

Joseph Tainter's place of birth was San Francisco[2].

What did Joseph Tainter do for work?

Joseph Tainter worked as an anthropologist[3] and historian[4].

Where did Joseph Tainter go to school?

Joseph Tainter was educated at University of California, Santa Barbara[10] and Northwestern University[11].

Related Entities

Northwestern University United States Utah State University

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . californiabirthindex.org. californiabirthindex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . usu.edu. usu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . uab.cat. uab.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . uab.cat. uab.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . uab.cat. uab.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . Babelio. babelio.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . archaeological.org. archaeological.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0278173-Tainter-Joseph-A-1949
    Family name → Tainter
    Instance of → —
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Northwestern University Libraries
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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