diffusionism

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• Read Vere Gordon Childe on diffusionism.

  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

• Still, Meggers continues to search for more evidence and makes no apologies, suggesting that the sensitivity to diffusionism is unfounded.

  Academic text (2003)

• Keywords: diffusionism; genealogy; grid; orthogonal planning; Dan Stanislawski; urban form

  Academic text (2008)

• Stanislawski's writings on the grid plan serve as a useful exemplar of the pitfalls associated with doctrinaire diffusionism.

  Academic text (2008)

• In this article, I critically examine the limitations of Stanislavski's theory of the grid's origin as a means of challenging the doctrine of diffusionism more generally.

  Academic text (2008)

• It is important to bear in mind that Stanislavski was writing at a time when many geographers and other scholars were embracing the doctrine of diffusionism.

  Academic text (2008)

• Yet Stanislawski was certainly not the only scholar to "succumb to diffusionism" (1987, 30); nor should we dismiss his contribution to geography on this basis alone.

  Academic text (2008)

• Further, such ideas still carry the negative connotation of diffusionism, implying that natives of the Americas weren't capable of developing advanced technology on their own, a position many archaeologists are loathe to endorse.

  Academic text (2003)

• Such a critique also opposes the doctrinaire application of diffusionism, especially in cases where the evidence does not warrant such an explanation, a phenomenon Blaut (1987, 37) referred to as "phantom diffusion."

  Academic text (2008)

• The theory of diffusionism explains how cultural traits spread from one society to another through interaction.

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