Lost worlds of South America

Barnhart, Edwin Lawrence, (author,, speaker.). Teaching Company, (production company.). Maya Exploration Center. (Added Author).

Summary:

Antiquity, period art and lost civilizations in pre-hispanic South America are analysed.

Contents:

Disc 1. South America's lost cradle of civilization
Discovering Peru's earliest cities
South America's first people
Ceramics, textiles, and organized states
Chavín and the rise of religious authority
Cupisnique to Salinar
elite rulers and war.

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Item details

ISBN: 9781598039115
ISBN: 1598039105
ISBN: 9781598039108
Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in + 1 course guidebook (vi, 189 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) + 1 transcript book (vi, 431 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
videodisc
Publisher: Chantilly, Virginia : The Teaching Company, [2012]
Copyright: ©2012

Contents / Notes

General Note:	"Course number 3120." Four videodiscs in one container (19 cm.) Course guidebook includes professor biography, course scope, lecture outlines and notes, and bibliography (pages 180-189).
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1. South America's lost cradle of civilization Discovering Peru's earliest cities South America's first people Ceramics, textiles, and organized states Chavín and the rise of religious authority Cupisnique to Salinar elite rulers and war. Disc 2. Paracas mummies, shamans, and severed heads The Nazca lines and underground channels The Moche pyramids, gold, and warriors The Moche richest tombs in the world The Moche drugs, sex, music, and puppies Enigmatic Tiwanaku by Lake Titicaca. Disc 3. The Amazon civilization lost in the jungle The Wari foundations of the Inca Empire? The Chimú empire of the northern coast The Sican goldsmiths of the Northern coast The Inca origins mythology v. archaeology Cuzco and the Tawantinsuyu Empire. Disc 4. The Inca from raiders to empire The Inca gifts of the empire The Khipu language hidden in knots Machu Picchu and the sacred valley Spanish contact Pizarro conquers the Inca Remnants of the past Andean culture today.
Participant or Performer Note:	24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture by Professor Edwin Barnhart, Director of the Maya Exploration Center.
System Details Note:	DVD format.

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South America History
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