Culture Quiz: Do you know the ethnonyms for Blackfoot?
Which of the following is NOT one of applied names (ethnonyms) for the Blackfoot nation? a) Blood b) Kainai c) Bungi d) Pikunii e) Siksika In eHRAF World Cultures you can find the answer. …
Monthly Archives: December 2013
eHRAF World Cultures: The Pashtun
The Pashtun inhabit southern and eastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan. Their language is Pushto (Pashto), in the Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. Except for a small minority, they are Sunni Muslims. Until recently,…
Anasazi Tradition in the American Southwest
The Early Anasazi tradition is found in southern Nevada east across southern Utah to southwestern Colorado, northern New Mexico and northern Arizona from 1300-700 BP. The people were sedentary horticulturalists who lived in pit houses…
Researching Nobility in Ancient Burials using eHRAF Archaeology
In eHRAF Archaeology the ancient traditions for Peru include Inka, Andean Regional Development, Aymara Kingdoms, Highland Andean Formative, Huari, Tiahuanaco, Highland Andean Archaic, Andean Regional States, and Chavín. In eHRAF the traditions in Peru can…
Culture Quiz: Pastoral Societies
Which of the following are pastoral societies? These and other (not so easy) questions can be answered with eHRAF World Cultures, a unique online ethnographic database. a) Amhara, Hazara, Hopi b) Mbuti, Vedda, Mi’kmaq c) Maasai,…
HRAF Presentation at Yale’s Sterling Memorial Library
Earlier this week we were invited to give a presentation at Yale Classics Library’s Sterling Memorial Library. Dr. Carol Ember, the President of HRAF, discussed the history and purpose of the Human Relations Area Files’…