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Digging for the truth. Mystery of the Anasazi / produced and written by Ann Carroll ; directed by Graham Townsley ;produced by JWM Productions, LLC for History Television Network Productions.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Droughts--Four Corners Region.
- Droughts.
- Pueblo architecture--Four Corners Region.
- Pueblo architecture.
- Pueblo Indians--Antiquities.
- Pueblo Indians.
- Pueblo Indians--Dwellings--Four Corners Region.
- Pueblo Indians--History.
- Cedar Mesa (San Juan County, Utah)--Antiquities.
- Cedar Mesa (San Juan County, Utah).
- Chaco Canyon (N.M.)--Antiquities.
- Chaco Canyon (N.M.).
- Cliff-dwellings--Four Corners Region.
- Cliff-dwellings.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--Antiquities.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 electronic resource (ca. 50 min.))
- Other Title:
- Mystery of the Anasazi
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, NY] : History Channel : A & E Television Networks : Distributed in U.S. by New Video, c2005.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- The people who became known as the Anasazi began to farm the Four Corners Region as early as 1 A.D. For most of their history, they lived in small, scattered villages on the mesas and in the valleys. But in the middle of the 13th century, something happened. They began to cluster together and built high walls around their homes, or lived precariously on the cliff-sides. Then, a few decades later, they abandoned these homes, leaving behind most of their possessions, as if they intended to return. Instead, they disappeared from history. What happened? Did drought drive them away? Invading tribes? There is compelling evidence that the Anasazi might have had to turn to warfare and even cannibalism. Piecing together the story from both archaeologists and Native Americans, Josh Bernstein finally ends up, in his search for the truth, in the mysterious ruins of the Anasazi's greatest cultural center, Chaco Canyon, which for unknown reasons was abandoned around 1150 A.D.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 29, 2016).
- OCLC:
- 677926485
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