Description |
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
Series |
Scientific American frontiers |
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Scientific American frontiers (Series)
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Credits |
Editor, David Berenson ; photography, Peter Hoving. |
Performer |
Narrated by Alan Alda. |
Summary |
This program highlights current research which is challenging the traditional theory of how people first came to North America in prehistoric times. It has been assumed that the Clovis, the oldest people to populate the continent, moved south from Alaska as Canadian ice sheets were breaking up. New findings by archealogists indicate people may have come from more than one place following a number of routes including a Pacific coastal route, a Beringian land route and an Atlantic ice route. Clovis culture and technology is discussed. New research findings by Dennis Stanford, Jon Erlandson, Michael Collins, Al Goodyear, Steve Holen and David Yesner are presented. |
System Details |
DVD. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Clovis culture.
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Solutrean culture.
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North America -- Antiquities.
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Added Author |
Alda, Alan, 1936-
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Erlandson, Jon.
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Stanford, Dennis J.
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Collins, Michael B., 1941-
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Goodyear, Al.
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Holen, Steven.
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Yesner, David Raymond, 1948-
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Angier, John.
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Hoving, Peter.
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National Science Foundation (U.S.)
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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Connecticut Public Television.
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Chedd-Angier Production Company.
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Added Title |
Scientific American.
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Scientific American frontiers (Television program)
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Music No. |
SAMF6406 Scientific American Frontiers |
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