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The process of absorption and integration of one culture by another. It may or may not involve complete assimilation.

[See alsodiffusion, diffusionism]

John A.MatthewsSwansea University
10.4135/9781446247501.n33

OrsterJrCE (2003) Acculturation. In OrsterJrCE (ed.)Encyclopedia of historical archaeology. London: Routledge, 46.
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