This chapter takes an integrative approach to understanding culture. The starting position is that culture may have a coherent core of qualities, and that the divergent interpretations described in Chapter 2 may represent different perspectives on those common qualities. Drawing from definitions of culture sourced from all nine meanings, three frequently appearing qualities of culture are identified. These comprise ways of thinking, what people do and what people have or make. Most interpretations also see culture as being specific to a group of people, learned and passed on over time, with dynamic qualities and a tendency to endure over time. Although not all perspectives on culture reflect the totality of these qualities, all perspectives reflect at least some of them. The core elements and dynamics show promise for developing an analytic vocabulary and framework to support cultural analysis.