Cultural area

Standard cross-cultural sample, Africa region
Standard cross-cultural sample, Circum-Mediterannean region
Standard cross-cultural sample, East Eurasia region
Standard cross-cultural sample, Insular-Pacific region
Standard cross-cultural sample, North America region
Standard cross-cultural sample, South America region
From top, clockwise: Africa, Circum-Mediterranean, East Eurasia, South America, North America and Insular-Pacific cultural areas in the Standard cross-cultural sample
Clark Wissler's map of Native American cultural areas within the territory of the United States (1948)
Cultural areas of the world as defined by Whitten and Hunter (shown with bold borders; associated with traditional economic forms, also shown in colors)
Cultural areas of Africa as defined by Melville J. Herskovits
Sinosphere, areas with historical influence from Chinese culture
The Celtic nations, homelands of the Celtic languages, can be classed as a cultural region.
The Nine Nations of North America

In anthropology and geography, a cultural area, cultural region, cultural sphere, or culture area refers to a geography with one relatively homogeneous human activity or complex of activities (culture). Such activities are often associated with an ethnolinguistic group and with the territory it inhabits. Specific cultures often do not limit their geographic coverage to the borders of a nation state, or to smaller subdivisions of a state.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Culture area | Anthropological Definition & Characteristics | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Space and Society: Cultural Regions".