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ERIC #:EJ118104
Title:The Culture-Area Concept: Does it Diffract Anthropological Light?
Authors:Howard, James H.
Descriptors:American Indians; Anthropology; Area Studies; Concept Formation; Cultural Interrelationships; Definitions; Evaluation; Generalization
Source:Indian Historian, 8, 1, 22-6, Spr 75
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Publication Date:1975-00-00
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Abstract:It is contended that the consistent employment of the culture area theory by several generations of anthropologists, historians, and writers on American Indian art has tended to create a highly unrealistic and rigid picture of American Indian Cultures in the eyes of both the public and the Indian people themselves. (JC)
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Identifiers:Culture Area Concept
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