Extras

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Weaving Grass Bridges

Clip: 11/13/2018 | 3m 2s

In Peru, people still build traditional Inca grass bridges.

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Maya Blue

Clip: 11/13/2018 | 1m 8s

How the Aztecs used color to represent the aftermath of colonialism.

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Extended Interview: Severin Fowles on Native Science

Clip: 11/13/2018 | 1m 25s

Archaeologist Severin Fowles re-imagines Native religion as Native science.

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Extended Interview: Evidence of the Comanche

Clip: 11/13/2018 | 2m 15s

With help, the archaeologist finds evidence of the illusive Comanche.

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Extended Interview: Diana Magaloni on the Power of Pigments

Clip: 11/13/2018 | 2m 52s

Illuminating the extraordinary measures Aztec artists took to record their culture.

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Extended Interview: Burning a Forest to Revive a People

Clip: 11/13/2018 | 3m 23s

Valentin Lopez, of the Amah Mutsun, uses fire to save his peoples culture.

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Episode 4 Preview | New World Rising

Preview: 11/13/2018 | 30s

Discover how resistance, survival and revival are revealed.

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Episode 3 Preview | Cities of the Sky

Preview: 11/13/2018 | 30s

Discover the cosmological secrets behind America’s ancient cities.

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Comanche Horse Traditions

Clip: 11/13/2018 | 1m 59s

Horses continue to be an important part of Comanche identity and tradition.

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Aztec Resistance

Clip: 11/13/2018 | 2m 6s

Resistance begun by Aztec builders continues through today.

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Mound 72

Clip: 11/06/2018 | 2m 29s

Archaeologists investigate Cahokian human sacrifice.

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Lidar Mapping

Clip: 11/06/2018 | 2m 23s

Cahokia researchers uses new LiDAR technology to map the layout of this ancient city.

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Inca Huacas

Clip: 11/06/2018 | 2m 32s

The historical and contemporary spiritual importance of Incan Huacas.

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The Governor’s Palace

Clip: 11/06/2018 | 3m 7s

Why this magnificent structure is built at an angle to the rest of the city.

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Extended Interview: Religion at Teotihuacan

Clip: 11/06/2018 | 2m 38s

Harvard professor of Religion David Carrasco speaks on religion and Teotihuacan.

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Extended Interview: Ian Thompson on the Trail of Tears

Clip: 11/06/2018 | 4m 28s

The Choctaw scholar reflects on the bitter chapter of history known as the Trail of Tears.

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Extended Interview: Ian Thompson on Ancient Earthen Mounds

Clip: 11/06/2018 | 3m 35s

The Choctaw scholar reflects on the ancient tradition of earthen mounds and mound culture.

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Cahokia’s Celestial Calendar (Woodhenge)

Clip: 11/06/2018 | 2m 13s

An archaeology team work to uncover remains of a celestial calendar at Cahokia.

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Traditional Wampum Belts

Clip: 10/30/2018 | 2m 47s

Marcus Hendricks continues the tradition of making Wampum beads by hand.

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Totem Poles

Clip: 10/30/2018 | 2m 24s

Alan Hunt and Beau Dick share the real story of totem poles.

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Extended Interview: Leigh Kuwanwisiwma on Corn as Teacher

Clip: 10/30/2018 | 2m 30s

Hopi elder Leigh Kuwanwisiwma has learned many life lessons from corn.

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Extended Interview: Jim Enote on Lessons from Farming

Clip: 10/30/2018 | 1m 57s

Zuni elder Jim Enote reflects on lessons learned from farming.

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Extended Interview: G. Peter Jemison on the Longhouse

Clip: 10/30/2018 | 4m 41s

The Seneca faithkeeper on how the longhouse was constructed and what it meant.

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Extended Interview: Beau Dick on the Family of Mankind

Clip: 10/30/2018 | 2m 10s

Beau Dick, the late great Kwakwaka’wakw chief and artist reflects on the power of family.