Ancient Cultures of Middle America -- University of Minnesota Duluth

Review: 'First Peoples' Series Chronicles Origins And Spread Of Modern Humans -- Forbes (24 June 2015) First Peoples: Americas-- PBS First Peoples: Africa -- PBS First Peoples: Asia -- PBS First Peoples: Australia -- PBS First Peoples: Europe-- PBS

Day		Date	No.	Title
Week 1 — Introduction to Anthropology / Orientation to Middle America
Day 01		Tuesday 3 September 2013	VC 128	*Woman of Chamula* (14 min., 1969, VC 128)
Day 02		Thursday 5 September 2013	VC 1611	*Sentinels of Silence* (19 min., 1990, VC 1611)
Week 2 — Mesoamerica: The Area and its People
Day 03		Tuesday 10 September 2013
Day 04		Thursday 12 September 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?
Check: Review: 'First Peoples' Series Chronicles Origins And Spread Of Modern Humans -- Forbes (24 June 2015) First Peoples: Americas-- PBS
Day 05		Tuesday 17 September 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) ~ includes Kennewick
Day 06		Thursday 19 September 2013	VC 1299	*The Search for Ancient Americans* (57 min., 1988, CC, VC 1299)
Week 4 — American Archaeology
Day 07		Tuesday 24 September 2013
Day 08		Thursday 26 September 2013	VC 3339	*Search for the Lost Cave People* (60 min., 1998, VC 3339)
Week 5 — Preclassic Period: Mesoamerica Identifies Itself
Day 09		Tuesday 1 October 2013	VC 3284 check for new copy	*Excavations at La Venta* (29 min., 1986, VC 3284)
Day 10		Thursday 3 October 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 8 October 2013
Day 12		Thursday 10 October 2013		The s2019 Ancient Middle America Midterm Exam will be tba 2019 REM: Bring your Laptop
Week 7 —The Classic Period
Day 13		Tuesday 15 October 2013
Day 14		Thursday 17 October 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 22 October 2013
Day 16		Thursday 24 October 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) Related: In Search of the Jaguar National Geographic Films on-line at snagfilms.com
Week 9 — Classic Period Mathematics, Science, and Writing
Day 17		Tuesday 29 October 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 31 October 2013	UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1435.3.W75 C73 2008 DVD	*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 5 November 2013	VC 212	*Maya Lords of the Jungle* (60 min., 1981, VC 212)
Day 20		Thursday 7 November 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) view on-line at www.learner.org/ (registration required, but is free)
				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) Dawn of the Maya -- on-line at snagfilms.com
Week 11 — The Collapse
Day 21		Tuesday 12 November 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: Lost King of the Maya (Copán's Yax K'uk Mo') -- Nova (60 min., 2001, VC 4357) transcript
Day 22		Thursday 14 November 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) view on-line at www.learner.org/ (registration required, but is free)
Week 12 — The Postclassic Period
Day 23		Tuesday 19 November 2013
Day 24		Thursday 21 November 2013	UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 1	Out of the Past: "New Worlds" (60 min., 1993, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 1) [check/clean DVD disk] view on-line at www.learner.org/ (registration required, but is free)
Week 13 — The Early Postclassic: Toltecs and "Toltecized" Maya
Day 25		Tuesday 26 November 2013
		Thursday 28 November 2013		Thanksgiving Holiday
Day 26		Tuesday 3 December 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 5 December 2013	VC 3530	Ancient Civilizations: "The Aztecs" (47 min., 1999, VC 3530)
Day 28		Tuesday 10 December 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 12 December 2013	VC 169	The Sweat of the Sun (52 min., 1975, VC 169)
Day 30		NA f2013
Week 16 — Finals "Week"
	The s2019 Ancient Middle America Final Exam will be at tba on tba, tba 2019, in Cina 214 REM: Bring your Laptop

				Check with National Geographic, Discovery, Nova and the BBC

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