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…
Category Archives: Search Methods
Using eHRAF World Cultures for Cross Cultural Studies
Is kissing a universal human trait? William Jankowiak, Shelly Volsche and Justin Garcia address this question in their recently published article in American Anthropologist. The authors used Human Relations Area Files’ online ethnographic database, eHRAF World Cultures,…
Illnesses and Naming Practices
This image of an Advanced Search in the eHRAF World Cultures database shows a combination of two clauses with subjects (called OCMs). HRAF-specific subjects such as “Personal Names” (OCM 551) or “Naming” (OCM 553) can…
A Cross-Cultural Search for Edible Insects
This image of an Advanced Search in the eHRAF World Cultures database shows a combination of OCM subjects and keywords that can be used in a cross-cultural study to find ethnographic texts on eating insects, and…
Traditional Heating Methods for Buildings
This image of an Advanced Search in the eHRAF World Cultures database shows a combination of OCM subjects and keywords that can be used to find ethnographic texts with information on traditional heating methods for houses…
Chieftains and Elites in Iron Age Burials
In eHRAF Archaeology you can search for chieftains and elites in iron age burials using the Advanced Search with its “Add Traditions/Subjects” feature and keywords. In the Advanced Search use the “Add Traditions” function to…
A Cross-cultural Study for Good Luck – Bad Luck
In eHRAF World Cultures you can search for “good luck” and “bad luck” using the Advanced Search with its “Add Subjects” feature and keywords. In “Add Subjects” you can pick OCM subjects such as “Luck…
Gender Roles in a Cross-Cultural Perspective
This OCM subject is used to index discussions of gender-specific values, behavior, roles, relationships, and activities and the extent to which the values, etc. are exclusive to each gender and that are not covered elsewhere.…
Neolithic Houses with Thatched Roofs
In eHRAF Archaeology you can search for neolithic houses with thatched roofs using the Advanced Search with its “Add Traditions/Subjects” feature and keywords. In the Advanced Search use the “Add Traditions” function to browse across…
Searching Ethnographies for Information on Dwellings, House Structures, Tipis, Igloos, etc.
In eHRAF’s Advanced Search the “Add Subjects” function can be used to pick “dwellings” as OCM subject. This and other OCM subjects can be used to search across all cultures and to find paragraphs and…