Spatial boundaries are imposed conceptually and/or physically on otherwise continuous space. The degree to which partitioning occurs varies from culture to culture. Reasons for cross-cultural diversity are explored, and culture, in the form of sociopolitical complexity, is postulated as most influential for the cross-cultural variation reported in the literature.
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