Jane Sloan Media Librarian jsloan@rci.rutgers.edu June 2005

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: Media Collections:
Anthropology

This guide is a browsing aid to selected titles in the video/DVD collections at Rutgers Libraries. The most up-to-date, accurate, and complete information regarding the libraries' holdings is available only through IRIS, our online catalog.

The African burial ground an American discovery

Pt. 1. The search -- pt. 2. A history -- pt. 3. Politics and the people -- pt. 4. An open windowExplores the history and archeological excavation of a burial ground for African slaves discovered in lower Manhattan Island, New York, during construction of Federal office building in the summer of 1991. Relates also the effect of the discovery on understanding the role of Afro-Americans in colonial American life.

1 videocassette (118 min.) : 1994

MEDIA 2-5751

The African burial ground an American discovery

Pt. 1. The search -- pt. 2. A history -- pt. 3. Politics and the people -- pt. 4. An open windowExplores the history and archeological excavation of a burial ground for African slaves discovered in lower Manhattan Island, New York, during construction of Federal office building in the summer of 1991. Relates also the effect of the discovery on understanding the role of Afro-Americans in colonial American life.

1 videocassette (118 min.) : 1994

DANA 643

Ajishama the white ibis

Details the life and work, over a 30 year period, of José Maria Korta a Jesuit Missionary working with the indigenous people of the Amazon.

1 videocassette (85 min.) 2003

MEDIA 2-6428

Archeological dating retracing time

Shows the processes by which the age of artifacts uncovered in an ancient Southwest American Indian pueblo site are determined by such methods as dendrochronology, archeomagnetic dating, obsidianhydration, and carbon 14 testing.

1 videocassette (18 min.) : 1976

DANA 670

The Art of living

Travel to the Wodaabe tribe of Niger and the Dogon people of Mali to witness the ways they celebrate life and death with acts of beauty and grace.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1992

MEDIA 2-1714

Artisans and trader

The program investigates the processes that promote specialization and trade, and how these relate to social and political organization. Particular attention is given to the energy sources that determine the economic patterns of ancient societies.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1993

MEDIA 2-1894

At the threshold

Return to Brazil where the values of the Xavante Indian brother are compared to modern views. Also journey to the American Southwest to discover the firm sense of belonging that characterizes Native American peoples such as the Navajo.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1992

MEDIA 2-1719

The Atom and archaeology Motion picture

Shows how nuclear and radiation techniques, such as carbon-14 dating, thermoluminescence, atomic fingerprinting, and radiography, have helped archeologists discover new facts about the past.

25 min. sd. color. 16 mm 1974

MEDIA 4-249

Baboon behavior

Shows baboons in their native habitat in Kenya, and compares their behavior with that of counterparts in human development.

1 videocassette (31 min.) 1979

MEDIA 2-2740

A Balinese trance seance and, Jero on Jero, a Balinese trance seance observed

Contains two of the four short ethnographic films which were made about the Balinese healer named Jero Tapakan.

1 videocassette (48 min.) : 1986?

DANA 699

Beyond Africa

In this fourth part of a seven-part documentary, Richard Leakey, a noted anthropologist, traces the origins of our species as they moved into colder regions of Europe and Asia more than a million years ago. He tells the story of Peking Man and expounds on reasons why human beings began to speak.

1 videocassette (55 min.) : 1989

MEDIA 2-2196

A Cave beneath the sea

French divers, exploring an underwater tunnel 121 feet below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, discovered a partially submerged cave filled with 18,000 year old rock paintings and engravings.

1 videocassette (28 min.) : 1993

DANA 386

Centinelas del silencio las ruinas del Mexico prehispánico

Explores seven archeological sites in central Mexico, highlighting their variety of monuments, pyramids, and carvings.

1 videocassette (18 min.) : 1990

MEDIA 2-1198

Clever & greedy

Traces the concept of wealth back to its earliest origins. As these concepts developed the value of certain materials became established, and man saw a need for more sophisticated tools.

1 videocassette (51 min.) : 2001

MEDIA 2-5780

Coming of age

Explores the life and career of Margaret Mead, from her early field woek on adolescence in Samoa th her long-term study of childhood and the effects of western influence on the native people of New Guinea.

1 videocassette (52 min.) : 1990

MEDIA 2-2521

The Compulsive communicators

Naturalist David Attenborough traces the origins of homo sapiens back three million years to our origins in Africa. He also traces the development of cooperative hunting, agriculture, and animal domestication to man's unique ability to communicate.

1 videocassette (30 min.) : 1981

MEDIA 2-1939

The Creative revolution

Fifty thousand generations ago the hunter-gatherers then living in Afica began to paint, carve, talk, travel, trade, and bury their dead. Scientists continue to debate the reasons for this sudden transformation. Don Johanson sets out to retrace the migration of our ancient ancestors from Africa, to Asia, to Europe and even to Australia. Prehistoric art and cave paintings are investigated in an effort to find clues about how and when our ancestors became modern human beings.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1994

MEDIA 2-2417

Dance and human history

Introduces the work of Alan Lomax and his colleagues in developing choreometrics, a cross-cultural method of studying the relationship of dance style to social structure. Shows how the group, including Forrestine Paulay and Irmgard Bartenieff, analyzed dance films from all over the world and established a connection between patterns of movement and patterns of culture.

1 videocassette (40 min.) : 1974

MEDIA 2-5339

Dancing

1. Power of dance -- 2. Lord of the dance -- 3. Sex and social dance -- 4. Dance at court -- 5. New worlds, new forms -- 6. Dance centerstage -- 7. Individual and tradition -- 8. Dancing in one worldThis series explores dance as of form of communication and expression in a variety of cultural contexts. Examples span the spectrum from staged ballet dancing to urban street dance to traditional myth and ritual.

8 videocassettes (58 min. ea.) : 1993

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-2117 cassette 1 2-2118 cassette 2 2-2119 cassette 3 2-2120 cassette 4 2-2121 cassette 5 2-2122 cassette 6 2-2123 cassette 7 2-2124 cassette 8

Darwin's theory today

Examines the modifications and adaptations to Darwin's theory of natural selection, to determine whether the resulting synthesis is indeed still Darwin's theory.

1 videocassette (26 min.) : 1992

MEDIA 2-2870

Der menschen forscher = The anthropologist

This is a provocative and powerful film interweaving drama with documentary to profile famed Austrian anthropologist Rudolf Pöch. A major figure in the history of 20th-century European anthropology, Pöch did field work in New Guinea and the Kalahari, and during World War I, did research in POW camps studying the physical attributes of Russian prisoners. He used these studies to substantiate his theories on racial purity and superiority later used by the Nazis.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1992

MEDIA 2-2720

Diary of a Maasai village

Pt. 1. The prophet's village -- pt. 2. Two ways of justice -- Pt. 3. Two mothers -- Pt. 4. Two journeys -- Pt. 5. Nine cows and an oxA study of life in a Maasai village as a representation of the Maasai people in Kenya. An attempt to describe a moment in the history of the Laibon's family.

5 videocassettes (ca. 300 min.) : 1984

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-5139 cassette 1 2-5140 cassette 3 2-5141 cassette 3 2-5142 cassette 4 2-5143 cassette 5

Early stone tools

Professor François Bordes at the University of Bordeaux in France demonstrates some of the percussion flaking techniques which early man and his predecessors may have used to produce a variety of tools. Shows actual prehistoric tools from such sites as Olduvai Gorge, Clacton by the Sea, and various Neanderthal sites. Uses animation to show how the development of these tools parallels the evolution of man himself from his Australopithecine forebears to Homo sapiens.

1 videocassette (20 min.) 1967

MEDIA D-7

An Ecology of mind

Visit the Gabra of northern Kenya, whose unique relationship to their harsh environment is the key to their survival; the Makuna of Colombia, whose complex myths and rituals reveal for us a sophisticated ecological awareness; and a modern gardener who resists the Western world's control of nature with a new attitude about sowing Earth's garden.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1992

MEDIA 2-1713

Everything is relatives

Explores the life and career of William Halse Rivers, whose work with the islands of the Torres Straits north of Australia and the Todas of southern India revealed the centrality of family relationships to many societies, and whose attempts to bring scientific methods to the new field of anthroplolgy greatly influenced the work of his successors.

1 videocassette (52 min.) : 1990

MEDIA 2-2519

Evolution

This film examines forces that may have contributed to the breakthrough, allowing us to prevail over other hominids, the Neanderthals, who co-existed with us for tens of thousands of years. And we explore where this power of mind may lead us, as the culture we create overtakes our own biological evolution.

1 videocassette ( 60 min.) : 2001

MEDIA 2-5979

Evolution and human equality

Using paleontology, evolutionary biology, genetics, the history of science, and social history, Gould tells the fascinating story of how racial differences have been misunderstood by scientists from pre-Darwinian days to the present to justify oppression, exploitation, and persecution. He describes how new genetic research methods confirm the African origins of homo sapiens.

1 videocassette (42 min.) : 1987

DANA. MEDIA 1433 2-530

Excavating the Bible. Volume three, The ancient tunnels of Jerusalem ; The mysterious mosaic of the Galilees

pt. 1. Ancient tunnels of Jerusalem -- pt. 2. The mysterious mosaic of the Galilee"Travel underneath Jerusalem to subterranean tunnels that weave underground passageways below the Holy City. Follow in the footsteps of King David. A beautiful mosaic of a women's face is discovered at an archeological dig in an ancient city near Nazareth. Thought to be the house of Joachim and Anne, the parents of Mary , this archeological site with the intriguing mosaic lead to new questions concerning the life of early Christians, Jews and Pgaans in the Galilee.".

1 videocassette (ca. 55 min.) : 1999

DANA 1284

Fieldwork

Explores the career of Walter Baldwin Spencer, whose studies of the Australian aborigines showed them to be a people with an extremely complex and subtle, rather than primitive, culture.

1 videocassette (52 min.) : 1990

MEDIA 2-2517

The first Americans

Traces early man's migration from the Siberian tundra across the Bering Land Bridge into North and South America. Shows how archeologists and anthropologists try to answer the many questions about America's ancestors.

1 videocassette (ca. 53 min.) : 1977

MEDIA D-13

First contact

Describes the discovery of a flourishing native population in the interier highlands of New Guinea in 1930 in what has been thought to be an uninhabited area. Inhabitants of the region and surviving members of the Leahy brothers' gold prospecting party recount their astonishment at this unforeseen meeting. Includes still photographs taken by a member of the expedition and contemporary footage of the island's terrain.

1 videocassette (54 min.) : 1982

MEDIA DANA 2-2003 319

The first family

Tells of the 1974 discovery in Ethiopia of the oldest, most complete skeleton of human ancestry and the discovery in 1975 of the remains of thirteen persons believed to be three million years old. Curator of physical anthropology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and American leader of the exploration team, Donald C. Johanson, discusses the significance of the discovery.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1981

MEDIA D-203

Flintknapping

The process of stone tool manufacture, as practiced by prehistoric hunters, is demonstrated and explained by Dr. Bradley, an internationally renowned expert and archaeologist.

1 videocassette (45 min.) : 1989

DANA 676

Franz Boas, 1858-1942

A documentary on anthropologist Franz Boas, focusing on his fieldwork with the Kwakiutl, his teaching career at Columbia University and Barnard College, and his outstanding theoretical contributions to the field of anthropology.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1988

MEDIA 2-967

The Herders of Mongun-Taiga

Examines the life of sheep herders in a remote region of an automous republic of the former Soviet Union. Mountainous terrain forms the dramatic backdrop against which a collective operates. Modern influences are changing the lives of the young people.

1 videocassette (ca. 52 min.) : 1994

MUSIC 319

Hopi, songs of the fourth world

An in-depth look at the meaning of the Hopi way, a philosophy of living in balance with nature. Describes the Hopi philosophy of life, death, and renewal as revealed in the interweaving life cycle of humans and corn plants.

1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1983

MEDIA 2-1280

A Human way of life

From bones and stones discovered on one of the oldest campsites in the world, archeologists have begun to piece together a picture of life one-and-a-half million years ago. Richard Leakey visits one of the few remaining hunter-gatherer groups left on earth.

1 videocassette (55 min.) : 1989

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-2195 5-756 reel 1 5-757 reel 2

Iceman

"Five thousand years ago, a man perished in an alpine mountain storm. In 1991, his frozen body was found, along with artifacts of his vanished way of life. The program covers the international effort to unlock the secrets of this astonishing discovery"--Container.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1992

MEDIA 2-2512

In search of human origins

Episode 1. The story of Lucy / written and produced by Michael Gunton -- Episode 2. Surviving in Africa / written and produced by Lenora Carey Johanson -- Episode 3. The creative revolution / written and produced by Lauren Seeley AguirreControversial fossil hunter Don Johanson involves the viewer in his quest to unravel the mystery of human origin.

3 videocassettes (180 min.) : 1994

DANA. DANA. DANA. DANA 1279 cassette 1 1279 cassette 2 1279 cassette 3 XX(1395085.4)

In search of the lost world Motion picture

Traces the origins of lost Mayan, Aztec, and Incan civilizations. Includes information on their development, how and why they perished, and the artifacts they left which archeologists today use to piece together their story.

2 reels, 52 min. : 1972

MEDIA. MEDIA 4-236 reel 1 4-237 reel 2

In the beginning

Explains how mankind's superbly adaptable nature has contributed to our transformation from tree-dwelling, four-footed, vegetarian primates to upright, omnivorous toolmakers.

1 videocassette (55 min.) : 1989

MEDIA 2-2193

Inagina the last house of iron

Eric Huysecom and Bernard Agustoni work with 13 Dogon master smelters to recreate the building of a traditional iron smelting furnace in Mali. The film describes in detail every aspect of the event, from the selection of the site of the reconstruction which is the oldest remaining furnace site in the region, last active in 1961, to the final result.

1 videocassette (54 min.) : 1997

MEDIA 2-3895

Inventing reality

We are shown how in Mexico and Canada the certainties of science can combine with natural conceptions of physical disease both in the tribal world of the shaman and in the thinking of modern medical science.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1/2 in

MEDIA 2-1717

Ishi the last Yahi

A portrait of Ishi, a Yahi Indian, believed to be the last person in North America to have spent most of his life leading a totally aboriginal existence.

1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1992

DANA. MEDIA 233 2-2221

Jaguar

Three young men from the savannah of Niger leave their homeland to seek wealth and adventure on the coast and in the cities of Ghana.

1 videocassette (93 min.) 1996?

MEDIA 2-6620

Jero Tapakan the Balinese healer

The Medium is the masseuse : a Balinese massage -- Jero Tapakan : stories from the life of a Balinese healer -- A Balinese trance seance -- Jero on Jero : a Balinese trance seance observedFour ethnographic films on one videocassette about a Balinese healer.

1 videocassette (103 min.) : 1986

MEDIA 2-532

A joking relationship

Examines humor as an important part of institutionalized kinship behavior among the !Kung Bushman.

1 videocassette (13 min.) 199

MEDIA D-253

The Kayapo

Documents life among the Kayapo Indians of central Brazil, a fiercely independent tribe, some of whom were forced to become "businessmen" or see their traditional way of life destroyed when gold was discovered on their land in 1982.

1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1994

MUSIC MEDIA 391 2-6837

Khmer court dance

Buong Suong -- Apsara -- Chhouy Chhay -- Muni Mekhala -- Tep MonorumFive authentic Khmer court dances, some with ritual significance, accompanied by a traditional pin peat musical ensemble. The dances are introduced by Paul Cravath, who discusses their historical background (illustrated by sculptural reliefs), symbolism, religious functions, and other points of interest.

1 videocassette (74 min.) : 1992

MUSIC 321

The Land Dayaks of Borneo the village of Mentu Tapua in Sarawak

An ethnographic study of village life among the Dayak inhabitants of Mentu Tapuh, a border region between Indonesia and Malaysia. Shows scenes of family life, religious ceremonies, recreational pursuits, and economic preoccupations--fishing, harvesting, and canoe-making.

1 videocassette (38 min.) 1965

MEDIA D-159

The Last Tasmanian ancestors

Describes the migration of the Australian aborigines to the island of Tasmania 12,000 years ago. Anthropologist Dr. Rhys Jones and historian Dr. Jim Allen retrace the 200-mile journey, examine the societal regression of these people and discuss some of the possible causes.

1 videocassette (17 min.) : 1988

MEDIA 2-1999

Little injustices Laura Nader looks at the law

Anthropologist Laura Nader narrates this cross-cultural study of institutionalized conflict resolution. Shows how, in a remote Mexican village, face-to-face conflict among a small population demands swift and effective redress for injustices, while in the United States consumers with defective products are lost in a morass of frustrating claims, slow and costly legal action, ineffective public agencies, and unresponsive corporate entities.

1 videocassette (59 min.) : 1988

MEDIA 2-957

The Living Maya

A four part series which chronicles the everyday life of a present-day Mayan family as it tries to cope with modern society. Shows the stresses induced by the fact that farming is no longer the only male occupation available. Includes traditional rituals and actual conversations.

4 videocassettes (232 min.) : 1999?

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-5830 cassette 1 2-5831 cassette 2 2-5832 cassette 3 2-5833 cassette 4

Lost tribes of Israel

South Africa's Lemba people claim to be descendants of Jews and one of the lost tribes of Israel. In this program, anthropologist Tudor Parfitt investigates the Lemba's claim through genetic testing and attempts to retrace their migration.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 2000

MEDIA 2-5802

Lucy in disguise

A documentary film about human evolution. Tells about the discovery and analysis of Lucy, the most complete fossil skeleton of a human ancestor ever discovered.

1 videocassette (57 min.) : 1981

MEDIA D-18

A Man called Bee studying the Yanomamo [sic]

Provides basic anthropological field data on the Yanoama Indians of southern Venezuela and describes the field methods used by anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon by following him as he collects this data.

1 videocassette (43 min.) : 1974

MEDIA 2-2002

Margaret Mead an observer observed

Dealing with the controversies as well as the accomplishments of Margaret Mead's life, this program weaves together a story of a scientist, adventurer and international celebrity whose ideas shaped how we think about ourselves.

1 videocassette (85 min.) : 1995

MEDIA 2-2971

Margaret Mead taking note

Margaret Mead became a world-renowned anthropologist through her studies of children and families. This comprehensive documentary chronicles Mead's life and career as a humanist, scholar and scientist, and her qualities as a researcher, thinker, teacher, friend, wife and mother.

1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1988

MEDIA 2-963

Masks from many cultures

"Masks from different regions of the world and from diverse cultures are presented in this program. This overview includes images of over 100 masks which are combined with sequences of dances and festivals where masks are worn...Among the masks presented are examples from New Guinea, Bali, China, Tibet, Japan, Korea, Africa, Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia, as well as a variety of masks by North American Indians."--Container.

1 videocassette (21 min.) : 1992

DANA 729

Mirrors of the heart

By looking at indigenous people in Bolivia and race relations on Hispaniola, one learns the complexity of identity in Latin America.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1993

MEDIA 2-1916

Miss Goodall and the wild chimpanzees

Describes the background of Jane Goodall and her studies as she observes and records the activities of wild chimpanzees in Africa.

1 videocassette (52 min.) : 1965

MEDIA 2-1673

Mistaken identity

In "Mistaken Identity," explore different views of life and death through scenes taken from the family life of an abortion counselor in Canada, a boy's initiation into manhood in a Brazilian Xavante tribe, a high school girl's attemted suicide, and an Indonesian Sumbanese tribesman's relationship to his dead relatives.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1992

MEDIA 2-1712

Monkeys, apes, and man exploring the chasm

Explains that from studies of primate social organization, use and manufacture of tools, ability to learn, and socialization has come an increased appreciation of mankind.

1 videocassette (ca. 25 min.) : 1971

MEDIA 2-1671

Monkeys, apes, and man : exploring the chasm. [Motion picture]

Explains that from studies of primate social organization, use and manufacture of tools, ability to learn, and socialization has come an increased appreciation of mankind.

1 reel, 25 min. : 1972

MEDIA 4-271

Mundo milagroso (Miraculous world)

An exploration of the mixture of Spanish Catholicism and Indian mysticism found in Texan communities along the Rio Grande River, where various saints and religious figures have made appearances to a receptive public.

1 videocassette (27 min.) : 1995?

MEDIA 2-5708

Murder one

Examines the crimes of six convicted murderers using the interviews with the murderers, witnesses, and accomplices, and backgrounds of the murderers.

1 videocassette (46 min.) : 1977

MEDIA D-72

Nanook of the North

Presents a documentary, based on the book entitled My Eskimo friends, Nanook of the North, by Robert Flaherty, on the saga of an Eskimo family pitting their strength against a vast and inhospitable Arctic. Juxtaposes their struggle for survival against the elements with the warmth of the little family as they go about their daily affairs. With captions.

1 videocassette (69 min.) : 1976

DANA. DANA. MEDIA 212 212 2-1216

Neanderthals on trial

Neanderthals on trial takes a look at one of the most contentious debates in human origin. How and are we related to these prehistoric cave-dwellers? Shows how science works, and how investigators sometimes fool themselves into seeing what they want to see.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 2002

MEDIA 2-5803

A New era

Details the emergence of our species, Homo sapiens, and explores some of the art our ancestors left behind, including the beautiful cave of Lascaux.

1 videocassette (55 min.) : 1989

MEDIA 2-2197

New worlds

This program charts the intellectual impact of the European discovery of the New World and the ways in which their discovery influenced both the emergence of anthropology and archaeology as disciplines.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1993

MEDIA 2-1892

NHANES III anthropometric procedures

Presents standardized procedures and equipment for anthropometric or body measurement component. This information is from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted during the period 1988-1994.

1 videocassette (30 min.) : 1996?

DANA 877

Off the verandah

Explores the career of Bronislaw Malinowski, who substantially altered the methods of anthropological field work through his own activities among the natives of the Trobriand Islands in the Pacific.

1 videocassette (52 min.) : 1990

DANA. MEDIA 1747 2-2520

One small step

The oldest human footprints in the world were unearthed near Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania. Also discussed are the famous "Lucy" skeleton, Ethiopian fossils, and the controversy over the nature of ancient upright creatures.

1 videocassette (55 min.) : 1989

MEDIA 2-2194

Passing girl; riverside an essay on camera work

A young American ethnolographic researcher in Ghana discusses issues raised by filming, the ways he uses his subjects and the ways they use him as well.

1 videocassette (30 min.) : 1997

MEDIA 2-3903

Patterns of subsistence food foragers and pastoralists

A study of various subsistence patterns from hunting-gathering to the production of food. The African !Kung women, the Mbuti pygmy men, the Netsilik Eskimos, the Nuer tribe, and the Iranian Basseri are examined.

1 videocassette (30 min.) : 1983

MEDIA 2-2613

Patterns of subsistence the food producers

Societies emerged based on the cultivation of plants. Methods of intensive agriculture, using irrigation systems, draft animals, fertilizer, mechanized agriculture and their effects on social organization, specialization of labor, social stratification, and the rise of government organizations are discussed.

1 videocassette (30 min.) : 1983

MEDIA 2-2614

A Poor man shames us all

Explore the alternative views of wealth and society that are exhibited in the lives of tribal cultures.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1992

MEDIA 2-1716

The Primates ; Upright man

In the first program naturalist David Attenborough gives an insight into the conditions of man's emergence through the evolution of the African apes. In the second progam Attenborough gives an insight into the evolution of man. He trades the emergence of the homo sapiens back to five to ten million years ago to our origins in the African plains.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1981

MEDIA 2-1938

The real Eve

Using the latest DNA reconstructions and cutting edge technology, scientists investigate the location of the first woman in the human race.

1 videodisc (103 min.) : 2002

MEDIA 10-177

Rites

This program explores the custom of female circumcision which has been commonplace throughout history and is still practiced in many cultures. It discusses the efforts of women throughout the world to stop the practice.

1 videocassette (52 min.) : 1991

MEDIA 2-2591

The Roar of the gods

Examines various pre-Columbian stone monoliths found in the area of San Agustín, Colombia, and explains their anthropological meaning.

1 videocassette (20 min.) : 1978

MEDIA 2-982

Science or sacrilege Native Americans, archaeology & the law

Discusses the issue of the controversy between Indians and scientists on the excavations and study of Indian burial grounds and remains. Examines the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation act (NAGPRA) passed in 1990, its underlying moral and political issues, its practical consequences, and the prospects for science in the post-NAGPRA world.

1 videocassette (57 min.) : 1996

MEDIA 2-2987

Search for the first human

Examines the implications of Orrorin tugenensis, a group of six million year-old fossils found in the Tugen Hills of Kenya, which may shed light on the origins of humankind.

1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : 2002

DANA 1785

Secrets of lost empires

The old pyramid (container title: Pyramid) -- Obelisk -- Colosseum -- Stonehenge -- IncaTeams of experts visit five archeological sites to determine how, with limited technology, ancient people were able to construct engineering wonders. Teams test hypotheses in constructing pyramids, obelisks, a canopy over the Colosseum, Stonehenge, and Incan cities.

5 videocasettes (300 min.) : 1997

DANA. DANA. DANA. DANA. DANA 1043 cassette 1 1043 cassette 2 1043 cassette 3 1043 cassette 4 1043 cassette 5

Settling down

Richard Leakey traces one of the most fundamental changes our species has experienced: the shift from a nomadic hunter-gatherer way of life to the settled villager and farmer.

1 videocassette (55 min.) : 1989

MEDIA 2-2198

The Shackles of tradition

Explores the life and career of Franz Boas, from his early fieldwork among the Inuit and the Indians of the Canadian Pacific coast, to his work as the first American social scientist to challenge the notions of racial inferiority prevalent at the beginning of the twentieth century.

1 videocassette (52 min.) : 1990

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-2518 2-5552

The Shock of the other

Learn how the Western world's desire to remake other societies into its own image has robbed our modern world of the gifts of other cultures. Understand the need to protect other cultures that are threatened by industrial expansion. Host David Maybury-Lewis offers a personal meditation on "the other"--the people of cultures foreign to us--and what we can learn from them.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1992

MEDIA 2-1710

Slavery's buried past

This show focuses on Michael Blakey, a Howard University biological anthropologist, as he does research on human skeletons found in an 18th Century slave graveyard uncovered in New York City in 1991.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1996

DANA 653

Sound, music, and the environment

"What do different cultures mean by music? This program explores the definition of music from the sine wave to poetic metaphor, and the impact of the cultural environment on musics as different as Bosnian ganga and becarac singing; Tuvan throat singing; Irish, West African, Trinidadian, and Japanese musics, and Western chamber music, jazz, and rock."--Faculty manual.

1 videocassette (30 min.) : 1998

MEDIA 2-3646

Spirit doctors

Follows three healers going about their daily work among Mexican-Americans in the lower Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas, where the folk healing tradition still flourishes.

1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.) : 1996

MEDIA 2-5658

The Spirit of the mask

This documentary explores the spiritual and psychological powers rarely--seen ceremonies as well as commentary by important Indian spiritual leaders, and relates how these traditions were historically repressed by Christian Europeans. The program also considers the role of masks in other cultures and examines the meaning of tribal art both to indigenous cultures and to the contemporary West.

1 videocassette (50 min.) : 1992

DANA 234

The story of Lucy

In 1974 Don Johanson unearthed Lucy, at almost 3 million years of age, our oldest human ancestor. Lucy's tiny three-and-a-half-foot skeleton set the world of paleoanthropology on its ear. Lucy walked upright and provided evidence that walking upright, not a larger brain, was the key difference between early man and the ape. In this film Johanson recounts his discovery of Lucy as he returns to the site of his find in Ethiopia and expounds upon the important information it still continues to generate.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1994

MEDIA 2-2415

Strange beliefs

Explores the career of Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard and his work on witchcraft amongst the Nuer and Azanda tribes in the Sudan.

1 videocassette (52 min.) : 1990

MEDIA 2-2522

Strange relations

Demonstrates, through the intimate scenes of western societies and tribal peoples and the thoughtful analysis of David Maybury-Lewis, how individuals can discover a balance between personal desires and social needs in the context of a loving and nurturing family.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1992

MEDIA 2-1711

The Survival of the species

Richard Leakey examines the crucial behavior patterns that, over millions of years, made us what we are. He also looks at new evidence that suggests the human animal will survive.

1 videocassette (55 min.) : 1989

MEDIA 2-2199

Surviving in Africa

Paleoanthropologist Don Johanson sets out to disprove that early man's larger brain and reliance on technology are the by-products of the ability to hunt. He embarks on a journey across the Serengeti savanna of East Africa to attempt to reconstruct early man's survival behaviors. He finds food not by hunting but by scavenging off the leftovers of lions and leopards.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1994

MEDIA 2-2416

Sweet sorghum an ethnographer's daughter remembers life in Hamar, Southern Ethiopia

The intimacy of shared family life and childhood relationships between the Hamar people of Ethiopia and an anthropologist's children is revealed as we also learn about the important role sorghum plays in the Hamar diet.

1 videocassette (32 min.) : 1994

MEDIA 2-3870

Taking pictures

Australian documentary filmmakers explore the issues and pitfalls of filming across cultural boundaries through interviews and samples of their films of Papua New Guinea. It also covers the work of indigenous Papua New Guinea filmmakers and their own experience making sense of film and culture.

1 videocassette (56 min.) : 1996

MEDIA 2-5430

Thor Heyerdahl across the sea of time

Presents the epic story of Heyerdahl's trip across the ocean in the Kon-Tiki to prove that ancient mariners could cross the world's oceans. Includes actual expedition footage and interviews with Heyerdahl and his crew members.

1 videocassette (56 min.) : 1996

MEDIA 2-4267

The Three worlds of Bali

Anthropologist Steve Lansing guides the viewer on an exploration of the Indonesian, temple-based, civilization of Bali, which is coming to terms with the technological West. Shows how Balinese religion unites and involves the people at every level of society.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1988

MEDIA 2-968

The Tightrope of power

Contrasts the Western forms of state to the tribal practice of democracy through consensus.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1992

MEDIA 2-1718

Touching the timeless

Accompany the Huichol tribe of Mexico on their annual pilgrimage to collect peyote, the sacred food of the gods, and visit the house of a Navajo medicine man who invites the spirits into his world through sand painting, chanting, and "walking in beauty.".

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1992

MEDIA 2-1715

Trobriand cricket an ingenious response to colonialism

An ethnological study of the changes made by the Trobriand Islanders to the game of cricket, which was introduced to them by Methodist missionaries. The game as adapted becomes a tribal rite.

1 videocassette (54 min.) : 1976

MEDIA MEDIA DANA D-26 6-86 202

The Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea

The Trobriand Islands, regarded as anthropology's most sacred place, lie off the eastern tip of Papua New Guinea. The island society has a complex balance of male authority and female wealth. Magic spells and sorcery pervade everyday life. This program focuses on two important events: the distribution of woman's wealth after a death and the "month of play", a time of celebration following the island harvest.

1 videocassette (52 min.) : 1991

MEDIA 2-1406

A Weave of time the story of a Navajo family, 1938-1986

In 1938, at the age of 24, noted anthropologist John Adair traveled to the Navajo Reservation with a 16 mm, hand-wind motion picture camera. Close to 50 years later, director Susan Fanshel returned with Adair to make this unique documentary film. The film combines Adair's previously unseen historic footage with present-day scenes to create a complex portrait of a Navajo family through four generations.

1 film reel (60 min.) : 1986

MEDIA 6-155

Who were the Israelites?

Today's archeologists are challenging the books of the Old Testament as historical documents. This program looks at the events depicted in the Book of Joshua, particularly the conquest of the Promised Land by the Israelites.

1 videocassette (23 min.) : 1993

MEDIA 2-2676

Work

"This program examines work from the early egalitarian hunter/gatherer and agrarian societies to the modern world--a world of multinationals and child slavery, of leisure and hard labor. Noted anthropologists, such as Professor Herbert Applebaum of SUNY, offer insights into how work has evolved and the challenges faced today, when millions are unemployed, and the economic disparity between the First and Third Worlds is becoming ever greater."--Container.

1 videocassette (53 min.) : 1999

MEDIA 2-5943

Yanomani homecoming

An anthropologist from the U.S., Ken Good, marries a Yanomani woman, Yarima and brings her to his home in New Jersey where they have three children together. This film shows the couple and their children returning to the land of the Yanomani for a visit.

1 videocassette (37 min.) : 1992

MEDIA 2-1964