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LIBRA VHS CC165 .O98 1993 tapes 1-4
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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Webster, David L., 1943- author.
Evans, Susan Toby, 1945- author.
Sanders, William T., author.
Gonlin, Nancy, author.
Contributor:
Low, Sam, producer.
Keach, Stacy, narrator.
Pennsylvania State University, producer.
WQED (Television station : Pittsburgh, Pa.), producer.
Annenberg/CPB Collection (Firm), distributor.
George R. Fink Memorial Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Archaeology.
Social evolution.
Genre:
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Educational films.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
4 videocassettes (120 min. each) : sound, color ; 1/2 in + 1 study guide (ix, 94 p. ; 28 cm
1/2 in.
polychrome
Other Title:
New worlds.
Hearth.
Artisans and traders.
Signs and symbols.
Power, prestige and wealth.
Realms.
Spirit world.
Collapse.
Place of Publication:
S. Burlington, VT : Annenberg/CPB Collection [distributor], [1993]
Language Note:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
System Details:
VHS.
analog
magnetic
VHS
Summary:
An introduction to the work and thought of archaeology with the help of field archaeologists, drawing many exemplars from the Mayan site of Copán.
Contents:
Tape 1. New worlds ; The hearth
Tape 2. Artisans and traders ; Signs and symbols
Tape 3. Power, prestige and wealth ; Realms
Tape 4. The spirit world ; Collapse.
Participant:
Narrator: Stacy Keach.
Credits:
Coordinating producer, Mark Polloch ; series producer, Sam Low ; executive producer, Jay Rayvid ; photographers, Mark Kuobil, Allen Rosen; editors, Larry Ross, E. Deborah Dorsey, Eric Handley.
Notes:
"Annenberg/CPB collection"--Cassette label.
Videocassettes of programs originally aired on PBS. Each tape contains two 60-minute presentations.
Associated with the textbook of the same title, as prepared by David L. Webster, Susan Toby Evans, and William T. Sander.
Study guide prepared by Nancy Gonlin, Susan Toby Evans and David L. Webster.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.
ISBN:
1559467576
OCLC:
34367822

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