Basso brings a thoroughgoing anthropological style to the text and is fairly ecumenical in his perspective. He does not limit himself to the perspective of anthropology, but rather, brings the insights of sociologists, philosophers and others to bear on his work, often using concepts from outside of his field to defend his point of view. This perspective may be influenced by Basso's boredom with standard anthropological method and his change of emphasis to create place-name maps of the area surrounding Cibecue.
Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache