| Day |
|
Date |
|
No. |
Title |
Week 1 — Introduction to Anthropology / Orientation to Middle America |
| Day
01 |
|
Tuesday
6 September
2011 |
|
|
Woman
of Chamula
(14 min., 1969, VC
128) |
| Day
02 |
|
Thursday
8 September
2011 |
|
|
Sentinels
of Silence
(19 min., 1990, VC
1611) |
Week 2 — Mesoamerica: The Area and its People |
| Day
03 |
|
Tuesday
13 September
2011 |
|
|
|
| Day
04 |
|
Thursday
15
September
2011 |
|
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia
F1430 .S65 2006 DVD
VC
3403
episode 4
|
"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
20
September
2011 |
|
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia
E99.C832 C66 2004 DVD
DVD 145
|
"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)
~ includes Kennewick
|
| Day
06 |
|
Thursday
22 September
2011 |
|
VC
1299 |
The Search
for Ancient Americans
(57 min., 1988, CC,
VC
1299) |
Week 4 — American Archaeology
|
| Day
07 |
|
Tuesday
27 September
2011 |
|
|
|
| Day
08 |
|
Thursday
29 September
2011 |
|
VC
3339 |
Search
for the Lost Cave People
(60 min.,
1998, VC
3339) |
Week 5 — Preclassic Period: Mesoamerica Identifies Itself
|
| Day
09 |
|
Tuesday
4 October
2011 |
|
VC
3284
check for new copy |
Excavations
at La Venta
(29 min., 1986, VC
3284) |
| Day
10 |
|
Thursday
6 October
2011 |
|
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia
CC100 .L66 2002 DVD
DVD
208
|
"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
11 October
2011 |
|
|
|
| Day 12 |
|
Thursday
13 October
2011 |
|
|
The f2011 Ancient Middle America Midterm
Exam will be on Thursday, 13 October 2010 |
Week 7 —The Classic Period
|
| Day
13 |
|
Tuesday
18 October
2011 |
|
|
|
| Day
14 |
|
Thursday
20 October
2011 |
|
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia
F1219.1.T27 .T44 2001 DVD
DVD 121
|
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
25 October
2011 |
|
|
|
| Day
16 |
|
Thursday
27 October
2011 |
|
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia
F1430 .S65 2006 DVD
VC
3403
episode 2
|
"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
1 November
2011 |
|
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia
F1435.3.M35 C85 2006 DVD
DVD 1110
|
Culture and Math: The Maya
(15/31 min., 2006, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1435.3.M35 C85 2006 DVD) |
| Day
18 |
|
Thursday
3 November
2011 |
|
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia
F1435.3.W75 C73 2008 DVD
DVD 1575
|
Cracking the Maya Code
NOVA
(54 min, 2008, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1435.3.W75 C73 2008 DVD) |
Week 10 — The Classic Period: Economies and Empires |
| Day
19 |
|
Tuesday
8 November
2011 |
|
VC
212 |
Maya
Lords of the Jungle
(60 min., 1981, VC
212) |
| Day
20 |
|
Thursday
10 November
2011 |
|
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia
CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 2
VC
2130
|
Out
of the Past: "Artisans and Traders"
(60 min., 1993, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 2)
|
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|
|
|
|
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
15 November
2011 |
|
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia
F1435 .L67 2009 DVD
VC
2163
|
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:
Lost
King of the Maya
(Copán's Yax K'uk Mo') -- Nova
(60 min., 2001, VC 4357)
transcript
|
| Day
22 |
|
Thursday
17 November
2011 |
|
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia
CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 4
VC
2135
|
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
22 November
2011 |
|
|
|
| |
|
Thursday
24 November
2011 |
|
|
Thanksgiving Holiday |
| Day
24 |
|
Tuesday
29 November
2011 |
|
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia
CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 1
VC 2128
|
Out
of the Past: "New
Worlds"
(60 min., 1993, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 1)
|
Week 13 — The Early Postclassic: Toltecs and "Toltecized" Maya |
| Day
25 |
|
Thursday
1 December
2011 |
|
|
|
| Day
26 |
|
Tuesday
6 December
2011 |
|
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia
F1435.1.C5 C44 2001 DVD
DVD 108
|
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
8 December
2011 |
|
VC
3530 |
Ancient
Civilizations: The Aztecs
(47 min., 1999, VC
3530) |
| Day
28 |
|
Tuesday
13 December
2011 |
|
UM DULUTH Library Multimedia
F1219.73 .S43 2008 DVD
DVD 1580
|
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
15 December
2011 |
|
VC
169 |
(52 min.,
1975, VC
169)
|
| Day
30 |
|
NA f2011 |
|
|
|
Week 16 — Finals "Week"
|
| |
The f2011 Ancient Middle America Final Exam will be at 8:00-9:55 a.m., Tuesday, 20 December 2011, in Cina 214
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Check with National
Geographic, Discovery,
Nova and
the BBC |
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