A History of American Indian Achievement (Disc 1)
Type
Audio/Visual
Authors
Category
Art, Documentary Film
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Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Duration
60 min.
Subject
Non-Western Art History, Native American Architecture, Native American ArtIndians of North America -- History. Indians of North America -- Biography. Indians of North America.
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Abstract
Program 1: American Indians Populate the North American Continent
During the first ten thousand years of occupying North America, American Indians were the most accomplished Stone Age hunters, worked metal into tools and weapons, and created some of the world's greatest rock art.
Chapters:
12,000 B.C. - American Indians Arrive in What Will Become the United States
10,000 B.C. - Paleo Indians Become the Most Accomplished Stone Age Hunters
4000 B.C. - Old Copper Culture Initiates Metallurgy in the United States
2000 B.C. - Pecos Culture Produces Sacred Rock Paintings
Program 2: The Golden Age of Ancient American Indians
During the classic golden age of American Indians, they built some of the world's greatest cities and adopted agriculture and the bow and arrow.
Chapters:
1700 B.C. - Poverty Point Culture Founds First American City
1400 B.C. - American Indians Begin Shift to Agriculture
300 A.D. - Archaic Upper Great Lakes Cultures Begin Building Effigy Mounds
800 A.D. - Bow and Arrow Has Spread Across the Continental United States
1000 A.D. - Mississippian Culture Establishes Cahokia As Their Capital
During the first ten thousand years of occupying North America, American Indians were the most accomplished Stone Age hunters, worked metal into tools and weapons, and created some of the world's greatest rock art.
Chapters:
12,000 B.C. - American Indians Arrive in What Will Become the United States
10,000 B.C. - Paleo Indians Become the Most Accomplished Stone Age Hunters
4000 B.C. - Old Copper Culture Initiates Metallurgy in the United States
2000 B.C. - Pecos Culture Produces Sacred Rock Paintings
Program 2: The Golden Age of Ancient American Indians
During the classic golden age of American Indians, they built some of the world's greatest cities and adopted agriculture and the bow and arrow.
Chapters:
1700 B.C. - Poverty Point Culture Founds First American City
1400 B.C. - American Indians Begin Shift to Agriculture
300 A.D. - Archaic Upper Great Lakes Cultures Begin Building Effigy Mounds
800 A.D. - Bow and Arrow Has Spread Across the Continental United States
1000 A.D. - Mississippian Culture Establishes Cahokia As Their Capital
Description
One of 4 videodiscs (60 min. each) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audio: in English, with English and Spanish subtitles. Closed-captioned.
Audio: in English, with English and Spanish subtitles. Closed-captioned.
Biblio Notes
DVD
Number of Copies
1
