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.
Binford, L. 2001. Constructing Frames of Reference: An Analytical Method for Archaeological Theory Building Using Hunter-gatherer and Environmental Data Sets. University of California Press
Jorgensen, JG. 1980. Western Indians: Comparative Environments, Languages, and Cultures of 172 Western American Indian Tribes. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company.