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Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America

Name: Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America
ISBN: 9781779793379

Alfred Louis Kroeber,

R H Lowie,

R L Olson,

English
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eBook - ePub

Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America

Alfred Louis Kroeber,

R H Lowie,

R L Olson,

About this book

In Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America, anthropologist Alfred Louis Kroeber presents one of the most influential syntheses in the history of American ethnology. First published in 1939, this seminal study maps the complex relationship between geography, ecology, and culture across the North American continent. Kroeber meticulously classifies indigenous societies according to the natural environments in which they evolved, revealing how landscape and climate shaped everything from material technology to social organization and spiritual expression.

With lucid scholarship and visionary scope, Kroeber's analysis transformed the study of culture from a collection of isolated tribes into a dynamic, interrelated system. His mapping of "culture areas" — from the Arctic tundra to the desert Southwest — provided a framework that influenced decades of anthropological research and remains foundational to the field. At its heart, the book explores a profound question: how does environment influence human creativity and adaptation?

Far more than a work of classification, Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America is a reflection on diversity, continuity, and the deep ties between people and place. Kroeber's text endures as both a scholarly landmark and a testament to the resilience and ingenuity of the continent's First Peoples.

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