Originally telecast in 1980 as part of the PBS Odyssey series, this hour-long program examines the theories on the origins of the large earthen mounds found in parts of the Midwest. In some ways, the show is an examination of the science of archaeology itself. Techniques are explained and students are shown working a dig and uncovering a variety of artifacts. Modern archaeologists revise the racist theories of their 19th century predecessors that the mounds were built by an advanced race that was destroyed by the Native ...
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Originally telecast in 1980 as part of the PBS Odyssey series, this hour-long program examines the theories on the origins of the large earthen mounds found in parts of the Midwest. In some ways, the show is an examination of the science of archaeology itself. Techniques are explained and students are shown working a dig and uncovering a variety of artifacts. Modern archaeologists revise the racist theories of their 19th century predecessors that the mounds were built by an advanced race that was destroyed by the Native American tribes. Scientific analysis of the mounds indicates that there were at least two major civilizations responsible for the large mounds: the Hopewell (300 B.C. to 300 A.D) and the Mississippian, which peaked around 1200 A.D. The program shows that a number of the mounds are actually burial sites. Steve Blackburn, Rovi
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