Listen to part of a talk in an anthropology class.
The class has been talking about the cultures of north America's native peoples. Before we continue, you should understand an important concept. That is the notion of a culture area. A culture area is not a colony of artist but the geographical area inhabited by different peoples with similar cultures. A culture area is relatively consistent in term of land features. For instance, the land is completely mountains or flat and the climate. There are similarities in the kind of plants and animals and settlers. I take what I call a bottom up approach to study of the culture. That does not mean that I go to those sites or people are digging for artifact but rather it means that I think of culture as something it grows out of the daily needs of people's life,