Corn and the Origins of Settled Life in Meso-America, parts 1-2.

Director, Jack Churchill; photographer, Abraham Morochnik, Adam GiffordA presentation of one fragment of evidence used by the archaeologist in his search for the earliest settled life in Meso-America. Dr. Paul C. Mangelsdorf describes his efforts to discover the nature of the wild corn plant from which the modern strains of corn have been cultivated. Dr. Richard MacNeish explains his search for the earliest traces of the domestication of corn in digs in Meso-America. Discusses how these two scientists working together have created a synthesis of evidence which Dr. Michael D. Coe interprets as an indication that the earliest settled life in Meso-America occurred in the central highlands of southern MexicoSearch Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this filmSummaryDescribes the efforts made to discover the nature of the wild corn plant from which the modern strains of corn have been cultivated. Explains the search for the earliest traces of the domestication of corn in digs in Meso - America. Discusses how two scientists working together have created a synthesis of evidence Meso - America occurred in the central highlands of Southern Mexico.