Culture collections in the eHRAF databases are updated up to several times a year. Below is a brief summary of what cultures and traditions we have added or updated in eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF Archaeology in the past year, followed by a preview of what we will be working on analyzing throughout 2023.
Cultures and Traditions Added in 2022
| Database | OWC | Culture Name | # of Documents | SRS | Notes |
| Archaeology | FA70 | West African Late Stone Age | 8 | ||
| Archaeology | FA73 | West African Neolithic | 22 | ||
| World Cultures | AB43 | Okayama | 1 | (Culture Summary added) | |
| World Cultures | FH26 | Banen | 1 | (Culture Summary added) | |
| World Cultures | FX08 | Ovambo | 15 | Y | |
| World Cultures | NR21 | Tillamook | 7 | Y | |
| World Cultures | NR26 | Southern Coast Salish | 1 | (Culture Summary added) | |
| World Cultures | SY01 | Jamaicans | 14 |
Cultures and Traditions Projected for 2023
| Database | OWC | Culture Name | # of Documents | Notes |
| Archaeology | E068 | East-Central European Iron Age | 10 | |
| Archaeology | FA77 | West African Regional Development | 23 | completes West African sequence |
| Archaeology | NA48 | Western Arctic Small Tool | 11 | |
| Archaeology | ND63 | Northern Archaic | 12 | completes Arctic and Sub-Arctic North American sequence |
| World Cultures | AE15 | Han Chinese | 39 | (documents added) |
| World Cultures | AI04 | Uyghur | 12 | |
| World Cultures | AR20 | Mara | 1 | (Culture Summary added) |
| World Cultures | AV04 | Kashmiri | 13 | |
| World Cultures | FI21 | Masa | 1 | (Culture Summary added) |
| World Cultures | MF07 | Israelites | 1 | (Culture Summary added) |
| World Cultures | MN06 | Bilen | 1 | (Culture Summary added) |
| World Cultures | MQ19 | Berti | 6 | |
| World Cultures | MS11 | Fulani | 1 | (Culture Summary added) |
| World Cultures | NA07 | Eyak | 1 | (Culture Summary added) |
| World Cultures | ND14 | Slavey | 1 | (Culture Summary added) |
| World Cultures | OA08 | Sama-Bajau | 1 | (Culture Summary added) |
| World Cultures | OF09 | Flores | 27 | |
| World Cultures | OI17 | Yolngu | 24 | |
| World Cultures | RY03 | Itelmen | 4 | |
| World Cultures | SK04 | Gran Chaco | 2 | |
| World Cultures | SP26 | Xavante | 1 | (Culture Summary added) |
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