| Description |
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 189 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
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4 3/4 in. color |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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stereo rdacpc |
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Dolby Digital 2.0 |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
| Series |
The great courses. History. Ancient history |
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Great courses (DVD). Ancient history.
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| Note |
"Course no. 3120." |
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Four videodiscs in one container (19 cm.) |
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Course guidebook includes professor biography, course scope, lecture outlines and notes, and bibliography (p. 180-189). |
| 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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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
| Performer |
24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture by Professor Edwin Barnhart, Director of the Maya Exploration Center. |
| Summary |
Antiquity, period art and lost civilizations in pre-hispanic South America are analysed. |
| System Details |
DVD format. |
| Subject |
South America -- History.
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South America -- Civilization.
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South America -- Antiquities.
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South America. |
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Lectures.
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Instructional films.
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Educational films.
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History.
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Lectures.
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Nonfiction films.
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Educational films.
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Instructional films.
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| Added Author |
Barnhart, Edwin Lawrence, author, speaker.
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Teaching Company, production company.
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Maya Exploration Center.
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| ISBN |
1598039105 |
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9781598039108 |
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9781629971582 |
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1629971588 |
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9781598039115 |
| Music No. |
ID3120-01 Teaching Company (DVD) |
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PB3120A Teaching Company (book) |
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3120 Teaching Company |
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