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Re: definitions of culture
Anita G Cohen-Williams (cohwill@JUNO.COM)
Wed, 7 Aug 1996 11:55:20 EDT
I think that Krober's definition is still the best, "shared learned
behavior". The definition using the idea of human processes obstructing
nature doesn't work when one looks at stone tool usage. There is an
example of people using nature to produce needed goods.
Anita Cohen-Williams
Listowner of HISTARCH, SUB-ARCH, & SPANBORD
Center for Spanish Colonial Archaeology
cohwill@juno.com; acohen@simdiego.com
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