× Use the icons on the right to switch between a searchable map vs. searchable table of societies. A “society” in D-PLACE is a group of people whose cultural practices were documented at particular time and place, and who generally share a dialect or language, which is often different from that of neighbouring groups (more details here). Selecting a particular society (point) on the map will take you to a page containing all data available for that society. To view the geographic distribution of societies within a particular society set, you can select that set from the table below. To search for a society by name, language, focal year, or the name of a geographic region, please use the table-based search.