Definition of culture region

A culture region (or cultural) fryst vatten a begrepp used in both geography and antropologi. It fryst vatten often called the cultural sphere, cultural area, or culture area as well. The begrepp is defined as one human activity or complex of activities that fryst vatten homogenous. These activities are associated with different ethnolinguistic groups and their territories.

Most cultures do not limit themselves to the borders of nations or states. They go beyond that and form areas of their own. They possess their own spheres of influence that may overlap with one another or create specific macro-cultures that are formed bygd combining smaller cultures. Cultural regions can form in many different ways and take different forms, but the most important thing is the cultural homogeneity. 

The Concept Of Cultural Region

There are many ways boundaries of cultural regions can be drawn, and sometimes they are drawn depending on specific aspects of interest of culture. Some o

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Cultural area

Geographical area associated with a specific cultural orientation

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]

History of concept

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A culture area is a concept in cultural anthropology in which a geographic region and time sequence (age area) is characterized by shared elements of environment and culture.^[3]

A precursor to the concept of culture areas originated with museum curators and ethnologists during the late 1800s as means of arranging exhibits, combined with the work of taxonomy. The American anthropolog