New and Forthcoming Cultures and Traditions in eHRAF World Cultures & Archaeology (2022-2023)

Culture and tradition updates 2022-23 over image of woven baskets

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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