Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Completed a 24-Lecture Series on "The Great Courses" aka Wondrium tonight.

Excellent way to spend over twelve-hours learning about...

 "Ancient Civilizations of North America"



The lectures were taught by Professor Edwin Barnhart, Director of the Maya Exploration Center.

Totally immersed in each lecture, great jumping off points toward further in depth study as needed or as interested in.  Highly recommended.

L01     The Unknown Story of Ancient North America .
L02     The First Human Migrations to the Americas .
L03     Clovis Man: America’s First Culture 
L04     The Archaic Period: Diversity Begins 
L05     Late Archaic Innovations
L06     Poverty Point: North America’s First City 
L07     Medicine Wheels of the Great Plains
L08     Adena Culture and the Early Woodlands Period
L09     The Hopewell and Their Massive Earthwork5
L10     The Origins of Mississippian Culture
L11     The Mississippian City of Cahokia
L12     The Wider Mississippian World 
L13     De Soto versus the Mississippians
L14     The Ancient Southwest: Discovering Diversity
L15     The Basketmaker Culture 
L16     The Mogollon Culture
L17     The Hohokam: Masters of the Desert
L18     The Ancestral Pueblo 
L19     The Chaco Phenomenon
L20     Archaeoastronomy in the Ancient Southwest 
L21     The Periphery of the Ancient Southwest 
L22     Late Period Cultures of the Pacific Coast 
L23     Late Period Cultures of the Great Plains
L24     The Iroquois and Algonquians before Contact