Lost Worlds of South America

by Edwin Barnhart

Streaming video, 2012

Status

Available

Call number

980.01

Collections

Publication

Great Courses (2012), 12 hours, 24 lectures, 197 pages

Description

Presents 24 30-minute lectures discussing notable expeditions of exploration from premodern times to today, including the explorers who led them and these missions' varied and complex motivations.

Language

Original language

English

Local notes

[1] South America's Lost Cradle of Civilization [2] Discovering Peru’s Earliest Cities [3] South America’s First People [4] Ceramics, Textiles, and Organized States [5] Chav'n and the Rise of Religious Authority [6] Cupisnique to Salinar: Elite Rulers and War [7] Paracas: Mummies, Shamans, and Severed Heads [8] Nazca Lines and Underground Channels [9] Moche: Pyramids, Gold, and Warriors [10] Moche: Richest Tombs in the New World [11] Moche: Drugs, Sex, Music, and Puppies [12] Enigmatic Tiwanaku by Lake Titicaca [13] Amazon: Civilization Lost in the Jungle [14] Wari: Foundations of the Inca Empire? [15] Chimú: Empire of the Northern Coast [16] Sican: Goldsmiths of the Northern Coast [17] Inca Origins: Mythology v. Archaeology [18] Cuzco and the Tawantinsuyu Empire [19] Inca: From Raiders to Empire [20] Inca: Gifts of the Empire [21] Khipu: Language Hidden in Knots [22] Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley [23] Spanish Contact: Pizarro Conquers the Inca [24] Remnants of the Past: Andean Culture Today

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