Ancient Civilizations of North America

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	BOCD 970.01 Ba Oversize	4-week checkout	Due 05-26-2024

Compact disc.
Course No. 3900.
The unknown story of Ancient North America -- The first human migrations to the Americas -- Clovis man : America's first culture -- The Archaic period : diversity begins -- Late Archaic innovations -- Poverty Point: North America's first city -- Medicine wheels of the Great Plains -- Adena culture and the early Woodlands period -- The Hopewell and their massive earthworks -- The origins of Mississippian culture -- The Mississippian City of Cahokia -- The wider Mississippian world -- De Soto versus the Mississippians -- The ancient southwest : discovering diversity -- The basketmaker culture -- The Mogollon culture -- The Hohokam : masters of the desert -- The ancestral Pueblo -- The Chaco phenomenon -- Archaeoastronomy in the ancient southwest -- The periphery of the ancient southwest -- Late period cultures of the Pacific Coast -- Late period cultures of the Great Plains -- The Iroquois and Algonquians before contact.
Lecturer: Edwin Barnhart.
"For the past few hundred years, most of what we've been taught about the native cultures of North America came from reports authored by the conquerors and colonizers who destroyed them. Now'with the technological advances of modern archaeology and a new perspective on world history-we are finally able to piece together their compelling true stories. In Ancient Civilizations of North America, Professor Edwin Barnhart, Director of the Maya Exploration Center, will open your eyes to a fascinating world you never knew existed'even though you've been living right next to it, or even on top of it, for as long as you've been on the continent. The peoples of ancient North America were exceptionally knowledgeable about their environment, but their intellectual and artistic curiosity went much beyond the immediate need for food and safety. Beginning thousands of years ago, and without benefit of written language, native peoples became mathematicians, construction and soil engineers, astronomers, urban planners, and more. They developed thriving cities, extensive trade routes, canals to bring water to the desert, and earthworks we still marvel over today. In 24 exciting lectures, you'll learn about the vibrant cities of Poverty Point, the first city in North America, built about 3,500 years ago, and Cahokia, the largest city of ancient North America. You'll explore the many ways in which the Chacoan environment provided cultural and religious focus for peoples of the southwest. And you'll learn about the Iroquoian source of some of our most basic 'American' values."

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