cultural area

Summary

cultural area ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (494 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• cultural area is a type of territory^[2].
• cultural area is part of sociology^[3].
• cultural area is part of history^[4].
• cultural area is part of archaeology^[5].
• cultural area is part of culture^[6].
• cultural area's said to be the same as is recorded as Kulturkreis^[7].
• cultural area's said to be the same as is recorded as cultural region^[8].
• cultural area's said to be the same as is recorded as ethnic territory^[9].
• cultural area's said to be the same as is recorded as ethnographic region^[10].
• cultural area comprises non-political administrative territorial entity^[11].
• cultural area comprises culture^[12].
• cultural area's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cultural areas^[13].

Body

Definition and Type

cultural area is a type of territory^[2].

Use and Application

Components include non-political administrative territorial entity^[11] and culture^[12], a concept^[14]. Part of include sociology^[3], an academic discipline^[15]; history^[4]; archaeology^[5], an academic discipline^[16]; and culture^[6], a concept^[17].

Why It Matters

cultural area ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (494 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]