National Museum of Natural History
Latino Resources

 

See following for guidelines…

http://www.mnh.si.edu/explore.html

http://www.mnh.si.edu/explore/diversity.htm

 

ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT

 

Unmasking the Maya

http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/maya/

 

The Canela Indians

http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/canela/

 

Canela Body Adornment

http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/canela/canela1.htm

 

Smithsonian Expeditions

http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/laexped/

 

Textiles of the North American Southwest

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/idealabs/textiles/index.htm

 

A new collection of Taíno artifacts from the Dominican Republic

http://www.nmnh.si.edu/anthro/cm/taino.htm

 

Mimbres Pottery [New Mexico]

http://www.nmnh.si.edu/anthro/cm/mimbres.htm

Selected References of Mesoamerica, South America, and the Caribbean Culture Area http://www.nmnh.si.edu/anthro/outreach/zsam1995.htm

BOTANY DEPARTMENT

The Smithsonian Institution’s Cuatrecasas Award

http://persoon.si.edu/cuatrecasas/cuatrecasas_fund.htm

 

Flora of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/PRFlora/index.html

 

 

INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY

 

Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems (CCRE) Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

http://www.nmnh.si.edu/iz/

 

The Neotropical Lowlands Research Program

http://www.mnh.si.edu/vert/neotropical/

 

Living Fossils of the Deep: An expedition to the Bahamian Seafloor

http://www.mnh.si.edu/livingfossils/

 

VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY

 

Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield

http://www.mnh.si.edu/biodiversity/bdg/guyherps.html

 

Frogs of Boraceia

http://www.nmnh.si.edu/vert/reptiles/frogs_boraceia/

 

 

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROJECTS

 

Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield

http://www.mnh.si.edu/biodiversity/bdg/

 

 

 

EXHIBITS

 

Seeds of Change

http://www.mnh.si.edu/archives/garden/