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	HRAF क्रॉस-सांस्कृतिक विश्लेषण	पहचाने गए नमूनों की संख्या
क्षेत्र	पुरातत्व	पुरातत्व
परिवार	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
उद्भव वर्ष	1967	1971
प्रवर्तक	George Murdock	R. E. Chaplin
प्रकार	Ethnographic comparison	Faunal quantification method
मौलिक स्रोत	Murdock, G. P. (1967). Ethnographic Atlas. University of Pittsburgh Press.	Chaplin, R. E. (1971). The Study of Animal Bones from Archaeological Sites. Seminar Press.
उपनाम	cross-cultural comparison, comparative ethnography	NISP method, specimen count
संबंधित	2	4
सारांश	HRAF (Human Relations Area Files) cross-cultural analysis compares ethnographic data from diverse societies to identify patterns and test hypotheses about human social organization and cultural practices. Developed by George Murdock and colleagues, the method uses a standardized database of ethnographic information coded for comparative analysis. HRAF provides a framework for systematic cross-cultural comparison, helping archaeologists interpret prehistoric patterns through ethnographic analogy.	Number of identified specimens (NISP) is a fundamental zooarchaeological method that quantifies the abundance of faunal remains by counting all identifiable bone fragments or specimens in an assemblage. Formalized by R. E. Chaplin and later refined by Donald Grayson and others, NISP is the most straightforward and widely used quantification metric in zooarchaeology. Despite its simplicity, NISP is sensitive to both cultural and taphonomic factors that affect preservation, fragmentation, and identification of bone assemblages.