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Map of North America divided by red boundary lines into major indigenous culture areas, including American Arctic, American Subarctic, Northwest Coast, Plateau, Great Basin, California, Southwest, Plains, Northeast, and Southeast, covering regions from Alaska and northern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. Color-coded thematic map of Europe showing the distribution of major ethnic culture areas, with distinct regions representing groups such as Celtic, Germanic, Slavic, Romance, Baltic, Finno-Ugric, and others, as indicated by the legend at the bottom. Boundaries highlight cultural rather than political divisions. Carolus Linnaeus Vadstena Bracteate Franz Boas Clark Wissler

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Article title updated for style. Nov 06, 2026
Media added: map of north American Indian culture areas. Jan 16, 2009
Article revised and updated. Mar 28, 2008
Added new Web site: Nina Brown - Culture Area Research and Mapping. Oct 16, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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