New and Forthcoming Cultures and Traditions in eHRAF World Cultures & Archaeology (2019-2020)

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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 or updated in the past year, followed by a preview of what we will be working on analyzing throughout 2020 to include in eHRAF World Cultures or eHRAF Archaeology.

Please note that all of the collections added to World Cultures are part of the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample (SCCS), which was created by George Peter Murdock and Douglas R. White in 1969. The SCCS consists of 186 anthropologically described societies chosen by the sample’s creators to be representative of the world’s cultures. The sample tried to minimize cultural relatedness, so only one society was chosen from a given culture area. Each society is pinpointed in time and space. Researchers coding variables for this sample are expected to adhere to the specified time and place focus. With these additions, eHRAF World Cultures currently has over 85% of the SCCS societies in the database. We are planning to add the remaining SCCS societies to eHRAF World Cultures soon.

 

New Collections Added in 2019

Database OWC Tradition/Culture Region # of Documents notes
Archaeology AF40 North China Upper Paleolithic Asia 24
Archaeology AF45 Yellow River Early Neolithic Asia 18
Archaeology W130 Early Paleo-Indian New World 1 (tradition summary added)
World Cultures AD08 Atayal Asia 8
World Cultures AI01 Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Asia 1 (culture summary added)
World Cultures AM28 Rmeet Asia 1 (culture summary only)
World Cultures AV04 Kashmiri Asia 1 (culture summary only)
World Cultures FJ21 Nuba Africa 4
World Cultures FN11 Hadza Africa 19
World Cultures MH07 Babylonians Middle East 14
World Cultures MP19 Mao Africa 5
World Cultures NO08 Natchez North America 8
World Cultures OF09 Flores Asia 1 (culture summary only)
World Cultures OJ82 Kimam Oceania 2
World Cultures OO17 Sa Oceania 4
World Cultures OP04 Kanak Oceania 10
World Cultures SE06 Amahuaca South America 8
World Cultures SK15 Enxet and Enlhet South America 7
World Cultures SN02 Botocudo South America 5

Documents Added to Existing Culture Collections in 2019

Database OWC Culture Region # of Documents
World Cultures AB06 Ainu Asia 1
World Cultures AD05 Taiwan Hokkien Asia 7
World Cultures AJ01 Tibetans Asia 8
World Cultures AN06 Semai Asia 3
World Cultures AO07 Central Thai Asia 10
World Cultures AW16 Tamil Asia 24
World Cultures AZ02 Andamans Asia 2
World Cultures EF06 Serbs Europe 2
World Cultures FA16 Dogon Africa 3
World Cultures FD06 Kpelle Africa 9
World Cultures FE12 Akan Africa 9
World Cultures FF57 Tiv Africa 1
World Cultures FJ23 Shilluk Africa 8
World Cultures FK07 Ganda Africa 1
World Cultures FL17 Turkana Africa 5
World Cultures FQ05 Bemba Africa 1
World Cultures FX13 Khoi Africa 1
World Cultures MS12 Hausa Africa 2
World Cultures NF06 Blackfoot North America 9
World Cultures NG06 Ojibwa North America 17
World Cultures NH06 Innu North America 8
World Cultures NK04 African Americans North America 8
World Cultures NM06 Amish North America 6
World Cultures NM09 Iroquois North America 2
World Cultures NN08 Cherokee North America 6
World Cultures NN16 Seminole North America 1
World Cultures NO06 Comanche North America 4
World Cultures NP05 Fox North America 6
World Cultures NQ18 Pawnee North America 3
World Cultures NR13 Northern Paiute North America 3
World Cultures NT09 Hopi North America 3
World Cultures NT19 Ute North America 13
World Cultures NT25 Mescalero Apache North America 15
World Cultures NU44 Zapotec Middle America and the Caribbean 9
World Cultures NW08 Mam Maya Middle America and the Caribbean 4
World Cultures OC06 Iban Asia 2
World Cultures OE05 Javanese Asia 23
World Cultures OJ29 Kapauku Oceania 1
World Cultures OR15 Belau Oceania 11
World Cultures OR22 Yapese Oceania 1
World Cultures OT11 Tikopia Oceania 1
World Cultures RQ02 Kazakh Asia 1
World Cultures RU04 Samoyed Asia 10
World Cultures RU41 Nenets Asia 1

New Cultures and Traditions Projected for 2020

Database OWC Tradition/Culture Region notes
Archaeology AF45 Yellow River Early Neolithic Asia (tradition summary added)
Archaeology AF48 Yangshao Asia
Archaeology AF51 Yellow River Late Neolithic Asia
Archaeology AF52 Yellow River Bronze Age Asia
World Cultures AD08 Atayal Asia (culture summary added)
World Cultures AE15 Han Chinese Asia (SCCS documents only)
World Cultures AM28 Rmeet Asia
World Cultures AM35 Rhade Asia
World Cultures AR20 Mara Asia
World Cultures FH26 Banen Africa
World Cultures FI21 Masa Africa
World Cultures FN32 Luguru Africa
World Cultures MS11 Fulani Africa
World Cultures NA07 Eyak North America
World Cultures ND14 Slavey North America
World Cultures NG05 Huron-Wendat North America
World Cultures NO08 Natchez North America (culture summary added)
World Cultures NR26 Southern Coast Salish North America
World Cultures NU30 Popoluca Middle America and the Caribbean
World Cultures OO17 Sa Oceania (culture summary added)
World Cultures OQ12 Bau Fijiians Oceania
World Cultures RF10 Russians Europe (SCCS documents only)
World Cultures RJ01 Armenia Asia
World Cultures RV03 Yukaghir Asia
World Cultures SE06 Amahuaca South America (culture summary added)
World Cultures SK15 Enxet and Enlhet South America (culture summary added)
World Cultures SN02 Botocudo South America (culture summary added)

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