The First Americans, Part 2

Duration: 32

Year Published: 1969

Creator: National Broadcasting Corporation

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Follows the Bering Land Bridge Theory migration from Alaska to the Marmes Mon Rock Shelter in eastern Washington; then on south to the Murray Sprints site in Arizona; from there to Venezuela; and ending finally at Tierra Del Fuego, the tip of South America. Illustrates scientists creating replicas of the tools found at some archaeological diggings, emphasizing the highly developed skills necessary to fracture stone in a number of specific ways to create the variety of tools uncovered. Recaptures the various cultural atmospheres by illustrating techniques of hunting, fishing, shelter construction, and tool design.

Complete Record: Follows the Bering Land Bridge Theory migration from Alaska to the Marmes Mon Rock Shelter in eastern Washington; then on south to the Murray Sprints site in Arizona; from there to Venezuela; and ending finally at Tierra Del Fuego, the tip of South America. Illustrates scientists creating replicas of the tools found at some archaeological diggings, emphasizing the highly developed skills necessary to fracture stone in a number of specific ways to create the variety of tools uncovered. Recaptures the various cultural atmospheres by illustrating techniques of hunting, fishing, shelter construction, and tool design., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.