Traditional Cereal Agriculture in China
Here are the steps in eHRAF World Cultures to search for traditional cereal agriculture in China. For this search it’s best to use the “Add Subjects ” and “Add Cultures” functions and keywords in an Advanced…
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Shell Middens in Eastern Woodland Traditions in eHRAF Archaeology
This image shows an Advanced Search in eHRAF Archaeology for the topic “Shell middens in Eastern Woodland Archaeological Traditions of North America.” Steps in building a search query in an eHRAF Advanced Search Step 1.…
HRAF’s Home Page has a New Look
We are pleased to announce the launch of a lively new home page for the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF). The site has a brand new feel, with newsfeeds, culture quizzes, topic highlights and colorful images…
Hunter-gatherers in eHRAF Databases
Now you don’t have to figure out anymore which cultures in eHRAF are hunter-gatherers. We’ve done this for you by assigning each culture with a subsistence type. After performing a Basic or Advanced Search either…
eHRAF World Cultures: The Maasai
The Maasai (Masai) are nomadic pastoralists who live in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania having migrated to this region sometime before 1800. They are a federation of tribal sections. In the 1880s, they were colonized…
Hunting Whales with Weapons
The following steps illustrate how to search in eHRAF World Cultures for results pertaining to the theme “hunting whales with weapons” (without specifying any culture name or region). For this search, begin with on the…
Traditional Rice Cultivation in the Philippines
This image shows an Advanced Search in eHRAF World Cultures for the topic “traditional rice cultivation in the Philippines.” eHRAF Advanced Search for rice cultivation in the Philippines with a culture name, OCM subjects, and truncated keywords…
Community Life in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan
This image shows an Advanced Search in eHRAF World Cultures for the topic “community life in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan.” Advanced Search in eHRAF World Cultures Step 1. Find culture(s) for the specific country Click…
Basket Making and Gender Roles
In eHRAF World Cultures you’ll find collected ethnographic texts for indigenous people, ethnic groups, and western- and non-western cultures. All these texts are indexed with subjects based on the Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM), a…
Houses, Tipis, Igloos and other Dwellings
“Dwelling,” used in eHRAF as subject to index and search the ethnographic and archaeological texts, is described as: “residential buildings (e.g., hogans, tipis, tents, lodges, yurts); seasonal, local and status differences in dwelling types; caves as…