Ear Piercing and Other Body Modifications
In Advanced Search, the Add Subjects function can be used to select “body modification” as an OCM Subject. This and other Subjects can be used to search across all cultures, or to search within a…
Monthly Archives: January 2020
Ancient solutions to modern problems? Re-examining burning practices
A few years ago, HRAF posted a story titled Burning questions: evidence for off-site fire use by hunter-gatherers in eHRAF Archaeology, which was written in follow up to the publication of a journal article Burning…
HRAF Global Scholarship Winners
After the great success of the HRAF Global Scholarship competition that we first launched in 2018, we were delighted to continue the program for 2019. For 2019 the scholarship was opened to both individuals and…
HRAF partnership with SACC
The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) at Yale University is pleased to announce our new partnership with the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges (SACC). The partnership with SACC is part of the HRAF Community College…
New and Forthcoming Cultures and Traditions in eHRAF World Cultures & Archaeology (2019-2020)
A popular annual request from our members is for information about how we are growing our culture collections in our eHRAF databases. Below is a brief summary of what cultures and traditions we have added…
HRAF 2019 in Review & 2020 Preview
Welcome to 2020! It’s time for our annual News & Notes recap and preview. This post will summarize our highlights from the previous year, as well as what you can expect to see from HRAF…
Get ready for the spring semester with the new eHRAF World Cultures video tutorial
As we begin a new year, it is also the time of year when faculty are preparing to teach in the upcoming spring semester. HRAF is pleased to announce our new video tutorial making its…
Aztec Dog Burials in eHRAF Archaeology
Here are the steps in eHRAF Archaeology to search for Aztec dog burials. Advanced Search For this search, it is best to use the Add Traditions and Add Subjects functions along with Keywords in an…