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Object Number
981-3-00/1.2.1
Display Title
Seeking the first Americans, 16 mm film, reel 1
Descriptions
Object Description
finished film on archeological work which explores North America's earliest humans. Part one begins with a site that claims to have found an early campfire but this finding has no substantiation, then moves to discuss the work of archeologists who study clovis man 11-12,000 years ago NM, WY, their tools, the animals they hunted. Two different scientists present their theory of why clovis man spread so quickly, and theories rely upon finding out if there were earlier inhabitants before clovis man. Scenes of field interviews, excavation work at various sites, and educational graphics. color, sound, 31 min.
Department
Photographic
Date
1980
Artist
Public Broadcasting Service
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials
Film
Quantity
1
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