Phylogenetically Related Cultural Traditions

Anthropologists have long recognized that cultural traditions in different societies can be related phylogenetically in that they derive historically from a common ancestral tradition in the same way that languages can be related phylogenetically. Problems of method for convincingly establishing suc...

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Published in:Cross-cultural research 1997-02, Vol.31 (1), p.16-26
Main Author: Goodenough, Ward H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropology
Biology
Cross cultural studies
Crosscultural Analysis
Cultural anthropology
Cultural Transmission
Cultural Universals
Culture
Islands
Language
Linguistics
Oceania
Philology
Phylogenetics
Social change
Traditions
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Summary:Anthropologists have long recognized that cultural traditions in different societies can be related phylogenetically in that they derive historically from a common ancestral tradition in the same way that languages can be related phylogenetically. Problems of method for convincingly establishing such relations for cultural traditions have remained unresolved. Remote Oceania, where we have reason to assume that nearly all existing cultural traditions are phyloge netically related, offers possibilities for comparative study to illus trate the methodological issues to be resolved. The methodological strategy is described and illustrative examples are offered.
ISSN:1069-3971
1552-3578
DOI:10.1177/106939719703100102