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In Search of History: Mound Builders
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780767008228
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0767008227
Label: A & E Home Video
Manufacturer: A & E Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: A & E Home Video
Release Date: February 09, 2000
Studio: A & E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 11, 1976
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Editorial Review:
One thousand years ago, Cahokia was the largest city in North America. Thought to be the center of a society that built thousands of mounds of different sizes and shapes, Cahokia may have been the zenith of prehistoric society. What tantalizing secrets do the mounds reveal about the lost tribe that built them?
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Rating:  - Age-old conflict of historic preservation vs "progress."
Filmed for public television on location near the (real) Coster dig in southern Illinois, this 1976 production of Lanford Wilson's Obie Award-winning play details the excavation of Jasker Field by archaeologists as they try to solve some of the mysteries of Native American temple mounds from 700 - 1000 A. D. This is frantic work, since a nearby lake is rising and a planned interstate, under construction, is scheduled to bury the site. Wilson creates a cauldron of emotions by housing all the principals ... Read More
Rating:  - Very educational, but not boring!
The eastern half of the United States is dotted with thousands of ancient earthworks, most of them flat-topped pyramids, but some zoomorphic in design. These earth mounds were built by the Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian Cultures that had all nearly vanished by the 1500's. This History Channel production gives the viewer a basic understanding of these mounds and the people who built them, as well as why they were built. It was interesting to hear the "theories" of early Anglo scientists ... Read More
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