The Encyclopedia of World Cultures was prepared under the auspices and with the support of the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University. HRAF, the foremost international research organization in the field of cultural anthropology, is a not-for-profit consortium of twenty-three sponsoring members and 300 participating member institutions in twenty-five countries. | Encyclopedia of World Cultures Volume II Oceania ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD CULTURES David Levinson Editor in Chief North America Oceania South Asia Europe and the Middle East East and Southeast Asia Soviet Union and China South America Middle America and the Caribbean Africa Bibliography The Encyclopedia of World Cultures was prepared under the auspices and with the support of the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University. HRAF the foremost international research organization in the field of cultural anthropology is a not-for-profit consortium of twenty-three sponsoring members and 300 participating member institutions in twenty-five countries. The HRAF archive established in 1949 contains nearly one million pages of information on the cultures of the world. Encyclopedia of World Cultures Volume II Oceania Terence E. Hays Volume Editor . Hall Company NEW .