Smelting
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| - | '''Cultural diffusion''', as first conceptualized by the famous [[Alfred L. Kroeber]] in his influential 1940 paper ''Stimulus Diffusion'', or '''trans-cultural diffusion''' in later reformulations, is used in [[cultural anthropology]] and [[cultural geography]] to describe the spread of [[culture|cultural]] items—such as [[idea]]s, [[fashion|style]]s, [[religion]]s, [[technology|technologies]], [[contact linguistics|languages]] etc.—between individuals, whether within a single culture or from one culture to another. It is distinct from the [[diffusion of innovations]] within a single culture. | ||
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| - | Diffusion across cultures is a well-attested and also uncontroversial phenomenon. For example, the practice of agriculture is widely believed to have diffused from somewhere in the Middle East to all of [[Eurasia]], less than 10,000 years ago, having been adopted by many pre-existing cultures. Other established examples of diffusion include the spread of the [[war chariot]] and [[iron]] [[smelting]] in ancient times, and the use of [[automobile|car]]s and Western [[business suit]]s in the 20th century. | ||
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| + | '''Smelting''' is a process of applying heat to [[ore]] in order to extract a base [[metal]]. | ||
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Smelting is a process of applying heat to ore in order to extract a base metal.
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