Great courses (DVD). Ancient history

24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture by Professor Edwin Barnhart, Director of the Maya Exploration Center

As one of only six places on earth where civilization arose spontaneously, South America offers insight into how human societies formed. Go on a trek of discovery through the archaeological knowledge of more than 12 seminal civilizations, and gain rich insight into the creative vision and monumental achievements of these wellsprings of human life

Rated TVPG

Mode of access: World Wide Web

Episode 1

South America's Lost Cradle of Civilization

Episode 2

Discovering Peru's Earliest Cities

Episode 3

South America's First People

Episode 4

Ceramics, Textiles, and Organized States

Episode 5

Chavín and the Rise of Religious Authority

Episode 6

Cupisnique to Salinar - Elite Rulers and War

Episode 7

Paracas - Mummies, Shamans, and Severed Heads

Episode 8

The Nazca Lines and Underground Channels

Episode 9

The Moche - Pyramids, Gold, and Warriors

Episode 10

The Moche - Richest Tombs in the New World

Episode 11

The Moche - Drugs, Sex, Music, and Puppies

Episode 12

Enigmatic Tiwanaku by Lake Titicaca

Episode 13

The Amazon - Civilization Lost in the Jungle

Episode 14

The Wari - Foundations of the Inca Empire?

Episode 15

The Chimú - Empire of the Northern Coast

Episode 16

The Sican - Goldsmiths of the Northern Coast

Episode 17

The Inca Origins - Mythology v. Archaeology

Episode 18

Cuzco and the Tawantinsuyu Empire

Episode 19

The Inca - From Raiders to Empire

Episode 20

The Inca - Gifts of the Empire

Episode 21

The Khipu - Language Hidden in Knots

Episode 22

Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley

Episode 23

Spanish Contact - Pizarro Conquers the Inca

Episode 24

Remnants of the Past - Andean Culture Today