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Resources
Laboratory Facilities
Laboratory Facilities The Ethnobiology Laboratories are located on the University of Georiga campus in Rooms G34-39 of Baldwin Hall. To get a glimps of the working space, please see the photo album.
Ethnobotany Database Our medical ethnobiology database includes ethnobotanical and medicinal information about plant species collected from Tzeltal and Tzotzil Maya communities of highland Chiapas, Mexico over the last two decades. The database includes entries corresponding to 6,570 separate plant collections. The following information, where available, is included for each collection: Mayan language (Tzeltal or Tzotzil), municipality of the collection, collection number, informant name, Latin family, genus and species, Maya genus, Maya medical category, medicinal use, plant parts used, method of preparation, companion plants used in preparation, quantity used, and the number of times per day administered. We are currently developing a system through which the public can query the database over the internet, and hope to have this service on line by the Summer of 1999.
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Ethnobotanical Herbarium The Ethnobotany Herbarium is located in the Laboratories of Ethnobiology, and is under the direction of Dr. O. Brent Berlin. Collection, determination, data management, illustration, and storage are in collaboration with the herbarium of El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, which is under the direction of Dr. Mario Ishiki-Ishihara. This joint effort includes over 6,000 collections representing over 1,500 species and 160 botanical families.
Many of the pressed plant collections are currently available for reference at the herbaria in Athens, Georgia and San Cristobal, Chiapas. Botanical illustrations drawn by Maya artist Nicolas Hernández Ruíz are also accessible. A list of the collection is available for researchers to peruse. The herbaria can be visited by appointment:
for Athens, Georgia - tel: 706-542-3980for San Cristobal, Chiapas - tel: 967-8-1884 (ext.5107)Ethnoanatomy Database Blurb about Ethnoanatomy Database.....
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Ethnobotanical Garden The Latin American Ethnobotanical Garden at the University of Georgia is an interdisciplinary and international collaborative effort that grew out of the partnership between the University of Georgia and El Colegio de la Frontera Sur in Chiapas, Mexico.
The purpose of the Latin American Ethnobotanical Garden is to highlight the plants of cultural significance in Latin America and focus attention on the critical need for conservation of this biodiversity. The project emphasizes the study of ethnobotany through a variety of related disciplines such as anthropology, botany, horticulture, ecology, pharmacology, biochemistry and conservation biology. An educational outreach program with local school children is also currently underway at the garden, providing an opportunity for children to share and experience the many cultural uses of plants in Latin America and learn more about the field of ethnobotany.