Brent Berlin and Elois Ann Berlin papers
name: label: Creator
content: Berlin, Elois Ann, 1937-
label: Former owner
content: Berlin, Brent
place: label: Place
content: South America
label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Chiapas (Mexico)
label: Place
content: Amazonas (Peru)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnobotany
label: Topic
content: Traditional medicine
label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Brent Berlin and Elois Ann Berlin in 2010 and 2017.
creator: label: Creator
content: Berlin, Elois Ann, 1937-
culture: label: Culture
content: Aguaruna (Aguarana)
label: Culture
content: Tzeltal Maya
label: Culture
content: Tzotzil Maya
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 104 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1960 - circa 2007
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2010-05
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection is unprocessed.  Contact the repository for more information.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection documents Brent Berlin and Elois Ann Berlin's ethnobiological, ethnomedical, nutritional anthropological and ethnolinguistic research in Chiapas, Mexico (among the Tzeltal and Tzotzil-speaking communities of Highland Chiapas) and Amazonas, Peru (among the Aguaruna and Huambisa-speaking communities of the Cenepa and Santiago Rivers, tributaries of the Marañón River). The collection includes Brent's color classification research; teaching files; and materials from the Berlins' various projects, such as the South American Indian languages Documentation Project (SAILDP); Programa de Colaboración sobre Medicina Indigena Tradicional y Herbolaria (PROCOMITH), and Maya ICGB.

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