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 2024.
Cultures and Traditions Added in 2023
| Database | Region | OWC | Culture Name | content | # documents | pages | notes |
| Archaeology | Africa | FA77 | West African Regional Development | complete | 23 | 980 | Completes the Western Africa regional sequence |
| World Cultures | Asia | AI04 | Uyghur | complete | 12 | 926 | |
| World Cultures | Asia | AV04 | Kashmiri | complete (summary previously published) | 13 | 1669 | |
| World Cultures | Asia | AR20 | Mara | culture summary | 1 | 10 | |
| World Cultures | Middle East | MN06 | Bilen | culture summary | 1 | 4 | |
| World Cultures | Oceania | OH18 | Tobelo | culture summary | 1 | 9 |
Cultures and Traditions Projected for 2024
| Database | Region | OWC | Culture Name | content | # documents | pages | notes |
| Archaeology | Europe | E068 | East-Central European Iron Age | complete | 9 | 171 | |
| Archaeology | North America | ND63 | Northern Archaic | complete | 11 | 213 | Completes the Arctic and Sub-Arctic North American regional sequence |
| Archaeology | North America | NA48 | Western Arctic Small Tool | complete | 10 | 762 | |
| Archaeology | Africa | F057 | South African Iron Age | complete | 35 | 1886 | Completes the Southern Africa regional sequence |
| World Cultures | Middle East | MQ19 | Berti | complete | 5 | 513 | |
| World Cultures | North America | NU34 | Tarascans | complete | 15 | 1633 | |
| World Cultures | Oceania | OG06 | Makassar | complete | 9 | 818 | |
| World Cultures | Asia | RY03 | Itelmen | complete | 4 | 67 | |
| World Cultures | South America | SF10 | Chiriguano | complete | 15 | 1682 | |
| World Cultures | Asia | AE15 | Han Chinese | culture summary & added docs | 38 | 5235 | |
| World Cultures | Asia | AT03 | West Punjabi | culture summary | 1 | ||
| World Cultures | Africa | FI21 | Masa | culture summary | 1 | ||
| World Cultures | Middle East | MF07 | Israelites | culture summary | 1 | ||
| World Cultures | Africa | MS11 | Fulani | culture summary | 1 | ||
| World Cultures | North America | ND14 | Slavey | culture summary | 1 | ||
| World Cultures | North America | NU30 | Popoluca | culture summary | 1 | ||
| World Cultures | Oceania | OA08 | Sama-Bajau | culture summary | 1 | ||
| World Cultures | South America | SP26 | Xavante | culture summary | 1 |
In addition, some corrections were made to the following collections (or are currently in progress): RV02 Yakut; SC07 Kogi; SI07 Mataco; NA07 Eyak; FF57 Tiv.
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Image via Canva Pro license: Stone Fort in Uyghur, Tashkurgan, Xinjian Province, China by Rat0007 from Getty Images