Odyssey The Chaco Legacy
Travel back 900 years to uncover the puzzling sophistication and technological genius of the Chaco Canyon inhabitants. How did this civilization build complex and comprehensive projects such as a network of roads connecting 70 outlying communities? Anthropologists believe the Chaco civilization was...
| Other Authors: | Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.). |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2013], c1980.
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (59 min.) : sd., col. |
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| Summary: |
Travel back 900 years to uncover the puzzling sophistication and technological genius of the Chaco Canyon inhabitants. How did this civilization build complex and comprehensive projects such as a network of roads connecting 70 outlying communities? Anthropologists believe the Chaco civilization was an ingenious technological society that subsequently collapsed because of the gradual depletion of its resource bases. |
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Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on December 08, 2013. Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. The Chaco Legacy (2:14) -- Chaco Canyon Dwelling Structures (2:29) -- Chaco Canyon Discovery (2:03) -- Excavating Pueblo Bonito (4:22) -- Chacoan Timeline of Construction (2:42) -- Chaco Masonry Styles (2:33) -- The Great Kiva (2:11) -- Great Townships in Chaco Canyon (2:05) -- Chaco Wash (2:31) -- Collecting Rain Water (2:48) -- Chaco Irrigation Technique (2:24) -- Interpreting Archeology (3:33) -- Salmon Ruins (3:18) -- Chacoan Outliers (2:47) -- Trading System in Chaco Canyon (2:44) -- Ancient Communication Experiment (3:51) -- Casa Cielo (3:36) -- Importance of Great Kiva (2:38) -- Fall of Chacoan Society (2:21) -- Mystery of Chaco (3:07) -- Credits: Odyssey: The Chaco Legacy (1:35) Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. Travel back 900 years to uncover the puzzling sophistication and technological genius of the Chaco Canyon inhabitants. How did this civilization build complex and comprehensive projects such as a network of roads connecting 70 outlying communities? Anthropologists believe the Chaco civilization was an ingenious technological society that subsequently collapsed because of the gradual depletion of its resource bases. 9 & up. Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (59 min.) : sd., col. |
| Format: |
Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Audience: |
9 & up. |
| Access: |
Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. |