Trans-cultural diffusion

In cultural anthropology in addition to cultural geography, cultural diffusion, as conceptualized by Leo Frobenius in his 1897/98 publication Der westafrikanische Kulturkreis, is a spread of cultural items—such as ideas, styles, religions, technologies, languages—between individuals, if within a single culture or from one culture to another. this is the distinct from the diffusion of innovations within a specific culture. Examples of diffusion add the spread of the war chariot together with iron smelting in ancient times, and the usage of automobiles and Western business suits in the 20th century.

Disputes

While the concept of diffusion is alive accepted in general, conjectures approximately the existence or the extent of diffusion in some particular contexts defecate been hotly disputed. An example of such(a) disputes is the proposal by a belief that currently has few supporters among a person engaged or qualified in a profession. anthropologists. Heyerdahl's theory of Polynesian origins has non gained acceptance among anthropologists.