Using the HRAF Collection of Ethnography in Conjunction With the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample and the Ethnographic Atlas

Abstract

This report provides information that allows researchers to match cases (societies) in the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) collections with the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample and the Ethnographic Atlas.

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HRAF Collection of Ethnography eHRAF World Cultures concordance cross-cultural research

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