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HRAF

The Human Relations Area Files, Inc. (HRAF) is an internationally recognized organization in the field of cultural anthropology. The mission of HRAF is to encourage and facilitate worldwide comparative studies of human behavior, society, and culture. Founded in 1949 at Yale University, HRAF is a financially autonomous research agency of Yale.

HRAF produces two major collections

HRAF Collection of Ethnography

and the

HRAF Collection of Archaeology

For exercises and tips please go to http://www.yale.edu/hraf/teaching.htm

 
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