International Congress of Anthropology and Prehistoric Archaeology

It was established on the initiative of Gabriel de Mortillet and Édouard Desor in La Spezia, Italy.

Other founding members include Giovanni Capellini, Emilio Cornalia, and Antonio Stoppani.

[1] In 1869, 340 participants from 17 European and American countries convened at the fourth congress in Copenhagen, Denmark, from August 27 to September 5.

At the Swedish House of Nobility, the conference was commenced by Count Henning Hamilton who was the Grand Chancellor of the Universities of Sweden and President of the Organizing Committee.

Held in Geneva, Switzerland, the fourteenth Congress, led by Professor Eugène Pittard, took place from September 9 to 14, 1912.

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