Category Archives: Search Methods

Maasai and Ear Piercing and Other Body Modifications

In eHRAF’s Advanced Search the “Add Subjects” function can be used to pick “body modification” as OCM subject. This and other OCM subjects can be used to search across all cultures, or a specific culture (e.g. the Masai) to find paragraphs…

Cooperative Labor in Farming: Comparing Eastern to Western Societies

The eHRAF World Cultures is a great resource when it comes to comparing Eastern to Western cultures on topics such as cooperative labor in agriculture and farming….after all, it’s a cross-cultural database that automatically searches across major regions…

Tibetan Medical Treatments

Whether wounds, snake bites, or fractures are treated, or surgeries are being performed, in eHRAF’s Advanced Search the “Add Subjects” can be used to pick “sickness” or other medical related subjects.  The subjects allow you…

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.…