Outline of Culture of Prehistoric Indians of Iowa

Authors

W. E. SandersFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

When groups of people live in considerable isolation, they tend to become physically homogeneous and adopt common ways of life. Their folkways extend into the details of their social customs and into the modes and styles of their material creations as well. Out of these customs and practices develop those institutions which have received the sanction of the group. The mores, customs, and institutions of a society are the particular topics of study of the sociologist. But the material devices of a social organization are equally important criteria of its culture and are, indeed, the only evidence that remains of a civilization after its promoters have passed away.

Publication Date

1945

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

52

Issue

1

First Page

219

Last Page

234

Copyright

©1945 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Sanders, W. E. (1945) "Outline of Culture of Prehistoric Indians of Iowa," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 52(1), 219-234.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol52/iss1/27