Photographs and artwork look at the first Indians and various tribes throughout America, concentrating on the traditional way of life of the Indians of the Great Plains. Includes related craft ideas.
Discusses the work, homes, crafts, customs, religions, and architecture of the early Indians of North, Central, and South America, from the cold northern regions to the tropical forests.
Discusses the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde, Colorado, and what is known about the history, social life, and customs of the Ancestral Puebloans who lived in them.
Traces the legend of an immense hoard of Inca gold rumored to be hidden in a mysterious mountain range above the Amazon, chronicling attempts to find the treasure and speculating on its origins.
Provides an introduction to petroglyphs, the ancient images found on stones throughout the southwestern United States, with discussion of the lives of the native people who inhabited the region, and how and why they created the rock drawings.
Follows a group of eighth-graders from Hannibal, Missouri as they attempt to help archaeologists at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Colorado solve the mystery of why the Puebloan people who had lived in the area for over a thousand years suddenly left around A.D. 1300.
Describes achievements and innovations of the ancient native peoples of all of North America, from growing corn and playing ball games to creating number systems and building such cities as Teotihuac?n and Cahokia.
