Day
Date
No.
Title
Week 1 — Introduction to Anthropology / Orientation to Middle America
Day
01
Tuesday 2013
Woman
of Chamula (14 min., 1969, VC
128)
Day
02
Thursday 2013
Sentinels
of Silence (19 min., 1990, VC
1611)
Week 2 — Mesoamerica: The Area and its People
Day
03
Tuesday 2013
Day
04
Thursday 2013
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1430 .S65 2006 DVD
"The
Fifth World of the Aztecs " episode 4 of the Spirits of the Jaguar series
(60 min., 1997, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1430 .S65 2006 DVD)
Week 3 — Who Were the First Americans?
Day
05
Tuesday 2013
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia E99.C832 C66 2004 DVD
"Coming
into America " from Scientific
American Frontiers -- Alan Alda (60 min., 2004, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia E99.C832 C66 2004 DVD)
Good supplementary video:Mystery
of the First Americans (60 min., 2000, VC 3965)
Day
06
Thursday 2013
VC
1299
The Search
for Ancient Americans (57 min., 1988, CC,
VC
1299)
Week 4 — American Archaeology
Day
07
Tuesday 2013
Day
08
Thursday 2013
VC
3339
Search
for the Lost Cave People (60 min.,
1998, VC
3339)
Week 5 — Preclassic Period: Mesoamerica Identifies Itself
Day
09
Tuesday 2013
VC
3284
check for new copy
Excavations
at La Venta (29 min., 1986, VC
3284)
Day
10
Thursday 2013
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC100 .L66 2002 DVD
"Looking for One Beginning: The Fallacy
of Diffusionism "From the series Lost Worlds: The Story of Archaeology Films
for the Humanities (51 min., 2001, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC100 .L66 2002 DVD)
Week 6 — Preclassic Period / Catch Up and Review
Midterm Exam
Day
11
Tuesday 2013
Day 12
Thursday 2013
The f2014 Ancient Middle America Midterm Exam will be on Thursday, 9 October 2014
REM: Bring your Laptop
Moodle Exams (and everything else on Moodle) works best with a Firefox
browser.
If you do not have a Firefox browser on your laptop, download one (it's free).
Week 7 —The Classic Period
Day
13
Tuesday 2013
Day
14
Thursday 2013
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1219.1.T27 .T44 2001 DVD
Teotihuacán: The City
of the Gods (27 min., 2002, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1219.1.T27 .T44 2001 DVD)
Week 8 — Classic Period Life
Day
15
Tuesday 2013
Day
16
Thursday 2013
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1430 .S65 2006 DVD
"Forests
of the Maya episode 2 of the Spirits of the Jaguar series (60
min., 1997, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1430 .S65 2006 DVD)
Week 9 — Classic Period Mathematics, Science, and Writing
Day
17
Tuesday 2013
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1435.3.M35 C85 2006 DVD
Culture and Math: The Maya (15/31 min., 2006, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1435.3.M35 C85 2006 DVD)
Day
18
Thursday 2013
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1435.3.W75 C73 2008 DVD
Cracking the Maya Code (54 min, 2008, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1435.3.W75 C73 2008 DVD)
Week 10 — The Classic Period: Economies and Empires
Day
19
Tuesday 2013
VC
212
Maya
Lords of the Jungle (60 min., 1981, VC
212)
Day
20
Thursday 2013
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 2
Out
of the Past : "Artisans and Traders"(60 min., 1993, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 2)
A good supplementary video on the Maya is the National Geographic film:Dawn of the Maya (ca . 60 min., 2004, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1435 .D39 2005 DVD)
Week 11 — The Collapse
Day
21
Tuesday 2013
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1435 .L67 2009 DVD
Lost
Kingdoms of the Maya (60
min., 1993, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1435 .L67 2009 DVD)
Lost Kingdoms of the Maya -- on-line at snagfilms.com
Good supplementary videos:Copán's Yax K'uk Mo') -- Nova (60 min., 2001, VC 4357) transcript
Day
22
Thursday 2013
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 4
Out
of the Past : "The Collapse"(60
min., 1993, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 4)
Week 12 — The Postclassic Period
Day
23
Tuesday 2013
Day
24
Thursday 2013
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 1
Out
of the Pas t: "New
Worlds" (60 min., 1993, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 1)[check/clean DVD disk]
Week 13 — The Early Postclassic: Toltecs and "Toltecized" Maya
Day
25
Tuesday 2013
Thursday 2013
Thanksgiving Holiday
Day
26
Tuesday 2013
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1435.1.C5 C44 2001 DVD
Chichén Itzá: At
the Mouth of the Well (27 min., 2001, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1435.1.C5 C44 2001 DVD)
Week 14 — The Late Postclassic: Aztecs
Day
27
Thursday 2013
VC
3530
Ancient
Civilizations : "The Aztecs "(47 min., 1999, VC
3530)
Day
28
Tuesday 2013
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1219.73 .S43 2008 DVD
Secrets of the Dead : "Aztec Massacre "PBS (60 min.,
2008, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1219.73 .S43 2008 DVD)
Week 15 — New Worlds: The Conquest
Day
29
Thursday 2013
VC
169
The
Sweat of the Sun
Day
30
NA f2013
Week 16 — Finals "Week"
The f2014 Ancient Middle America Final Exam will be at 10:00-11:55 a.m. on Friday, 19 December 2014, in Cina 214
REM: Bring your Laptop
Moodle Exams (and everything else on Moodle) works best with a Firefox
browser.
If you do not have a Firefox browser on your laptop, download one (it's free).
Check with National
Geographic Discovery ,BBC
